Women’s Learning Partnership

Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) was created "in the aftermath of the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference for Women" and they are "dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment. At its essence, WLP is a builder of networks, working with 18 autonomous and independent partner organizations in the Global South, particularly in Muslim-majority societies, to empower women to transform their families, communities, and societies."

"WLP is an international, non-governmental organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations." 

Women’s Learning Partnership: Program Advisors

Supporters
"WLP's work is made possible by the generous support of individual donors and the following organizations:" Source
 * Brimstone Fund
 * Canadian International Development Agency
 * Caritas Fund of Tides Foundation
 * Catalogue for Philanthropy
 * Channel Foundation
 * Combined Federal Campaign
 * Community Foundation Silicon Valley
 * Cordaid
 * Ford Foundation
 * Harman Family Foundation
 * Global Fund for Women
 * Global Catalyst Foundation
 * Hivos
 * Institute of International Education
 * W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 * Levi Strauss Foundation
 * Libra Foundation
 * Mama Cash
 * Margaret Knowles Schink Trust
 * National Endowment for Democracy
 * Open Society Institute
 * Oxfam Novib
 * San Francisco Foundation
 * Shaler Adams Foundation
 * Sister Fund
 * United Methodist Church
 * United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
 * United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
 * Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
 * Whole Child Initiative

Board

 * Hafsat Abiola - Treasurer
 * Mahnaz Afkhami - President and CEO
 * Leila Ahmed
 * Marian Wright Edelman
 * Afaf Mahfouz
 * Jacqueline Pitanguy
 * Zenebeworke Tadesse - Secretary

Advisory Council
Source
 * Hafsat Abiola, Founder and Executive Director, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND)
 * Afifa Dirani Arsanios, Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Education, Lebanon
 * Suheir Azzouni-Mahshi, Former Director General, Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC), Palestine
 * Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)
 * Thais Corral, Coordinator, CEMINA - Comunicação, Educação e Informação em Gênero (CEMINA), Brazil
 * Nancy Flowers, Human Rights Education Consultant
 * Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
 * Ayesha Imam, Founding Member, BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (BAOBAB), Nigeria
 * Zahira Kamal, Minister of Women's Affairs, Palestine
 * Farhad Kazemi, Vice Provost, New York University
 * Asma Khader, Minister of Culture and Government Spokesperson, Jordan
 * Amina Lemrini, Executive Committee Member, Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM), Morocco
 * Afaf Mahfouz, Former President, Conference of Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
 * Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Associate Professor of Legal Studies, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
 * Rabéa Naciri, President, Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc, Rabat
 * Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General and CEO, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
 * Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
 * Ayo Obe, President, Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), Nigeria
 * Regan Ralph, Executive Director, Fund for Global Human Rights
 * Aruna Rao, Coordinator, Gender at Work
 * Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women (GFW)
 * Bouthaina Shaaban, Minister of Expatriates, Syrian Arab Republic
 * Zenebewerke Tadesse, Founding Member, Association of African Women for Research and Development, Ethiopia

Related SourceWatch

 * Channel Foundation

Contact

 * Web: http://learningpartnership.org