From the Frontlines

One year ago this month, Joyce sat in a stifling hot cyber cafe in Nairobi, Kenya, and typed the first message on behalf of her village’s women’s group to what would become their “Sister Circle” halfway around the world. The ensuing relationship has had a profound effect on Jenni Prisk and her women's group in San Diego.

Yolanda Richardson, a public health specialist and former Wall Street lawyer, has spent over a decade at the upper echelons of international development. She shares her thoughts on women's empowerment and leadership.

Women's Learning Partnership has worked with 18 autonomous women’s organizations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to create culture-specific curricula for leadership workshops with women. They offer insight into what it means to develop “participatory” leadership skills.

“No” is a powerful word. Two little letters, one short syllable, have the potential to change the world...