International Women's Democracy Center
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The International Women's Democracy Center is a non-profit organization based in
The organization is headed by President and Founder Barbara Ferris, a former
Projects
IWDC's projects include the United Nations Youth Delegate Program, political advocacy workshops for
The United Nations Youth Delegate Program (UNYDP) is a youth leadership program that mentors young women from Cuyahoga County,
IWDC hosts the Pipeline Project which trains women ages 18–35 across the United States to become leaders in their own communities. 2-day Pipeline workshops have been held in Philadelphia (2005), Cleveland (2006), Dallas (2006) and Raleigh-Durham (2008).
IWDC facilitates the Community Advocate Mentor Program which trains women peace activists from regions moving from conflict to co-existence. For five years, IWDC trained women from Northern Ireland in partnership with the Northern Ireland Women's European Union in an effort to strengthen the public policy, lobbying and advocacy skills of 100 leaders from all sectors of the community. Based on the success of the CAMP – NI program which began in Belfast with pre-departure training from NIWEU and culminated with two weeks of intensive hands-on training in Washington, DC, IWDC reorganized the program for Israel and Palestine. THE CAMP - ME program initiated in 2007. However, due to organizational difficulties, funding troubles and the dissolution of an original partnership with an Israeli/Palestinian non-profit, the program downsized to only 10 women in DC for one week in late 2008.
In 2004, IWDC hosted a two-week program in Botswana called the Southern Africa Women's Leaders Project (SAWLP). The Emang Basadi Women's Association, a local women's organization, worked with IWDC to train women in community outreach to address local issues.
Media coverage
IWDC has been featured in Newsday, The University of Connecticut's The Daily Campus,[1] Ohio State Alumni Magazine, Irish News, Georgetown's The Georgetown Current, and AARP.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "U-WIRE.com/COLUMN: U.S. Lacks equal rights". Archived from the original on 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
- ^ "Women and Leadership: An International Perspective". www.aarp.org. February 25, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2021-04-09.