Young Women's Learning Partnership (YWLP) Initiative

27/11/2006: The Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) is pleased to announce a new initiative that focuses on developing the leadership skills of young girls between the ages of 12-15 which will begin in Bahrain and Jordan. (Women's Learning Partnership)

This initiative, coordinated by Asma Khader of Jordan, will help develop the talents and skills of emerging leaders and to facilitate intergenerational dialogue and cooperation, thereby expanding and strengthening young women's active participation in the women's movement.

The initiative will focus on engaging young girls in a leadership learning process that is participatory, inclusive, and that respects diversity. The leadership concept and methodology created by the Partnership and reflected in Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women that has been published in 17 culture-specific editions, will be adapted for young girls to help them create a shared vision, to build consensus, hone their communication skills, and create action plans to achieve specific group goals.

After the new curriculum is adapted for Arabic and English, it will be taken up by other partners to augment their existing programs for young women of eighteen and older.

For further information about WLP's leadership curriculum, please go to: http://www.learningpartnership.org/publications/training/ltc