WEI Champions – Women's Economic Imperative

WEI FORWARD 14 January, 2021 WEI Champions, WEI Voices

How to Promote Gender Equality through Sports During Times of Social Distancing?

Thalia Simich was a participant in the program, “Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship and Growth in Non-Traditional Sector 2018-2019”, hosted by ICE and WEI Forward, with the support of the British Embassy […]

WEI FORWARD 27 August, 2019 Health of Women and Girls, Video, WEI Champions

WEI Champion Spotlight: Dr. Mable Kipenda

Can you tell me about your work as a medical doctor? 0:00 Why did you decide to pursue medicine? 0:40 Tell us about some of the struggles you have faced […]

WEI FORWARD 21 August, 2019 Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Champions, WEI Voices

WEI Champion Spotlight: Mireille Toulekima

What do you do? I’m a petroleum engineer by background. I have worked in the Oil & Gas industry internationally for more than 20 years now in different technical and […]

WEI FORWARD 26 July, 2019 Health of Women and Girls, WEI Champions, WEI Voices

WEI Champion Spotlight: Alice Ojwang

Read about nutritionist Dr. Alice Ojwang's work in Kenya and South Africa spreading awareness of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic illnesses. Dr. Ojwang is a WEI Champion for women's health in sub-Saharan Africa.

WEI FORWARD 24 June, 2019 Advocacy, WEI Champions, WEI Voices, Youth and Education

WEI Champion Spotlight: WEI Board Member – William Reese

“The Women’s Economic Imperative is a 21st century granddaughter of those early Women in Development programs…. you can’t talk about helping poor people if you don’t help them earn more …, […]

WEI FORWARD 8 June, 2019 Advocacy, WEI Champions, WEI Voices, Youth and Education

WEI Champion Spotlight: Ashaba Faridah

How did you get introduced to the idea of becoming a pilot? Before I pursued a diploma in flight operations and management, I didn’t even know we had pilot […]

WEI FORWARD 31 May, 2019 Health of Women and Girls, WEI Champions, WEI Voices

WEI Champion Spotlight: Hyasintha Ntuyeko

Can you tell me a little about the work that you do? I have been an entrepreneur for 9 years now, and 5 years ago I founded my company Kasole […]

WEI FORWARD 31 May, 2019 Access to Finance, Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Champions, WEI Voices

WEI Champion Spotlight: Stephanie Trpkov

Can you tell us a little about your work? I am a business strategist who has worked in management consulting in the SEE region for over a dozen years. I […]

WEI FORWARD 9 October, 2018 Access to Finance, Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Champions, WEI Voices

WEI Champion Spotlight: Yanire Brana

Yanire Brana, Executive Director of the MET Community & WEI Champion, talks about her work to help women leaders around the world develop crucial skills through tailored mentoring and technology […]

WEI FORWARD 19 June, 2018 Advocacy, WEI Champions, WEI Voices

WEI Champion Spotlight: Shirley Pryce

Having worked as a maid herself for 9 years and suffered abuse in the hands of her employer, which included spending nights in the dog house, Shirley Pryce decided […]

Focused on driving transformational initiatives to support concrete and sustainable progress for women as economic actors.