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Women's Leadership & Empowerment Programs

01 Women's Leadership & Empowerment Programs · 71 edit slice
48
orgs
71
activities
21
strategies
the opening take
This slice touches 48 organizations and 71 activities — NOMADIC WOMEN FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AMBASSADORS OF CHANGE ORGANIZATION, VALENTINE TELA FOUNDATION, KENYA FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND WOMEN PROGRAMME and others. The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Development", run by 22 orgs.
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
who's here

organizations in this field · 48

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

European Union 2
Government
Alliance Healthcare Foundation 1
Foundation
Amnesty International (Kenya) 1
Foundation
Atlas Alliance 1
Foundation
BZ 1
Government
Benevity.com 1
Corporate
CRE Grant 1
Government
CREAW Kenya 1
Foundation
Capital Impact Partners 1
Corporate
County Government of Kajiado 1
Government
DANIDA 1
Foundation
Equality Now 1
Foundation
Faith to Action 1
Foundation
GDS 1
Foundation
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

Community-Led Development 22 orgs
EMPOWERMENT CAPACITY BUILDING…FOUNDATION CENTRE FOR EDUCATI…KENYA RURAL TRICLE UP AND ENT…SOUTHERN SUDAN COMMUNITY ALLI…
Integrated Empowerment Pathway 10 orgs
BIDII EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT INI…EASTERN AFRICAN NETWORK FOR S…KENYA RURAL TRICLE UP AND ENT…NOMADIC WOMEN FOR SUSTAINABLE…
Empowerment Through Collective Agency 9 orgs
AMBASSADORS OF CHANGE ORGANIZ…MILLENIUM WOMEN AND YOUTH EMP…NOMADIC WOMEN FOR SUSTAINABLE…URGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMENS…
Empowerment Through Participation 9 orgs
EAST AFRICA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT…HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE BOOSTE…HORN OF AFRICA COMMUNITY BASE…MEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY NOW (…
Empowerment Through Structural Access 8 orgs
HORN OF AFRICA COMMUNITY BASE…RURAL WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS PRO…WAKE-UP INTERNATIONALWOMEN OPTIONS DEVELOPMENT INI…
Collaborative Ecosystem Building 6 orgs
ENABLE AFRICA INTERNATIONALHEALTH AND AGRICULTURE BOOSTE…HORN OF AFRICA COMMUNITY BASE…SOUTHERN SUDAN COMMUNITY ALLI…
Integrated Development with Local Ownership 6 orgs
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ENTERPR…NETWORK OF TRANSFORMED THINKE…RURAL WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS PRO…WATER AND HEALTH INTERVENTION…
Amplifying Lived Experience 5 orgs
EAST AFRICA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT…MEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY NOW (…ODYSSEY WORLD INTERNATIONAL E…WAKE-UP INTERNATIONAL
Human Rights-Based Empowerment 3 orgs
MILLENIUM WOMEN AND YOUTH EMP…OXFAM QUEBECSAVE THE PASTORALISTS KENYA (…
Community-Led Enterprise Development 2 orgs
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ENTERPR…EMPOWERMENT CAPACITY BUILDING…
where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Community-Led Development
23
2
7
Integrated Empowerment Pathway
12
4
Empowerment Through Collective Agency
11
2
7
Empowerment Through Participation
10
1
2
Empowerment Through Structural Access
7
2
Collaborative Ecosystem Building
8
1
Integrated Development with Local Ownership
6
3
Amplifying Lived Experience
4
1
1
1
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

UN Women Partner
shared by 3 orgs
European Union Funder
shared by 2 orgs
Oxfam Novib Funder
shared by 2 orgs
YMCA Partner
shared by 2 orgs
government agencies Partner
shared by 2 orgs
learning institutions Partner
shared by 2 orgs
A Million Hugs Partner
shared by 1 org
ACCION San Diego Partner
shared by 1 org
ACT! Partner
shared by 1 org
AE Collaborative Partner
shared by 1 org
AMPATH AYAM Partner
shared by 1 org
AMSHA Africa Partner
shared by 1 org
AMwA Partner
shared by 1 org
ARMS Kenya Partner
shared by 1 org
Adasina Social Justice All Cap Global ETF (JSTC) Partner
shared by 1 org
Africa Agriculture Innovation Network Partner
shared by 1 org