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It’s here! Our 2024 Wrapped: A Year of Transformation and Growth  ✨ As 2024 comes to a close,  take a moment to celebrate with us. Watch our video and relive the moments that brought us together. 💖 Here’s what made our year unforgettable: 🌟 Reaching over 1 million people through our digital campaigns—proof of the power of women supporting women and leading change; 🌟Mobilized 4652 community members through our community events, and 🌟Reached 3,000 new allies through global convenings Next year, we set our sights on addressing the climate crisis, unpaid care work, and economic empowerment. We are inspired and re-energised by the new allies and the momentum we’ve gained from our Rise to the Occasion campaign. 🚀 As we confidently head into 2025, we’re ready to build on this year’s successes and continue our mission. Here’s to a transformative year and to all the amazing women and allies who made it happen. Together, we rise! 💪✨ #LeadwithWedu #RiseTogether #WomenLeaders

Through the camera lens, Sushmita found her way to uplift women and create a fairer world. 🎥 After her father's death, Sushmita’s family constellation changed, with her mother becoming the primary breadwinner. Despite this big change, Sushmita’s family encouraged her to keep pursuing her dreams. With the support of Wedu’s Income Sharing Agreement (ISA) programme, Sushmita could attend film school. Now working in the film industry, her work goes beyond capturing moments—it challenges gender barriers and amplifies women’s voices. From documenting the lives of women carpet weavers to showcasing the courage of female musicians, Sushmita is reshaping Nepal’s storytelling spaces. 🌟 📖 Discover how Sushmita promotes inclusion in Nepal's film industry with the support of Wedu’s ISA 👉 Click here: https://lnkd.in/gKAM9y9a 

Elizabeth Joy Quijano, a Wedu mentor and Blaan woman from the Philippines, shares that through Wedu’s mentorship programme, she found solidarity across geographic and cultural divides. 🤝🏽🌍 She shares, “Through my mentee, I’ve come to see my role as part of a global network of women working together toward a better future.” Elizabeth’s journey shows that mentorship provides learning lessons to both mentors and mentees. Conversation has the power to not only build skills and connect stories but also plant the seeds for a more equitable and inclusive future.  🌿 📖 Read her story 👉🏼 Click here: https://lnkd.in/g__zxxvX

Climate change isn’t just an environmental crisis—it’s a gender crisis too. 🌍 Women are on the frontlines, bearing the brunt of energy poverty and climate-related displacement. Energy poverty forces households to cut back on essential energy use, often to the detriment of their health. Meanwhile, climate-related displacement—caused by sudden or gradual environmental changes and disasters—disrupts lives and livelihoods. Every day, millions of women spend hours collecting fuel and water—time that could be spent on education or economic opportunities. At #COP29, the Lima Work Programme on Gender placed gender equality at the heart of climate action. Yet, only 34% of climate negotiators are women! it’s time to break the cycle of energy poverty and climate vulnerability by nurturing women leaders to drive change. 📲 Swipe to explore the gender-climate-energy nexus and why women’s leadership is vital for a sustainable future. 📢 At Wedu, we enable women’s leadership journeys on the mission to make gender parity a reality within our lifetimes. Donate now >>> https://lnkd.in/ewQkVcRC Source: Gender-Responsive Climate Action — SEforALL

We’re excited to kick off 2025 with a game-changing partnership! 🤝🏽 Wedu is proud to welcome the Asian University for Women (AUW) as our first outreach partner of 2025. Together, we’re creating new pathways for women across South and Southeast Asia to access education, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. This collaboration ensures that more women can access our education funding programme, and that our overall funding goals are reached. By joining forces with AUW, we’re expanding our impact and building a stronger pipeline of women ready to tackle the biggest challenges of today and tomorrow.🎓🌟 Help us reach more women by partnering with us. Visit the link in our bio to learn how! 📷 Copyright: AUW

Education should transform lives, not reinforce barriers. 🎓 Across South and Southeast Asia, millions of women and marginalised communities are held back by gender norms, safety concerns, and funding gaps—preventing them from reaching their full potential. Swipe through to learn of five key reasons why women drop out of tertiary education in this region, where 456 million adults remain illiterate, most of them women. UN Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI)’s Regional Declaration for Gender-Transformative Education provides policymakers and educators with a meaningful framework to create equitable and inclusive learning pathways for all. We recommend you take a look! 👉🏼 Access the document here: https://lnkd.in/gDVCuhzU   💡 At Wedu, we are bridging these gaps with innovative solutions like leadership development workshops, mentorship opportunities, and education funding—enabling women leaders to transform their lives and their communities. 📢 Join us in our mission to create a world that enables women’s leadership potential 👉🏼https://lnkd.in/ewQkVcRC Source: Asia & Pacific Regional Declaration for Gender Transformative Education — UNGEI FemNet4GTE 2024

Sneha's journey from Nepal to COP29 in Azerbaijan provides thoughtful insights into how leading involves introspection and intention—which relies on having the space to reflect on what leadership means to us. 🌿🙋🏻♀️ Through Wedu’s Introduction to Leadership (ITL) course, Sneha brought to COP29 leadership qualities that aided her in navigating the intense conversations she met in Azerbaijan. Sneha says to any first-time COP attendees: “Dive in wholeheartedly, learn from every moment, and use your voice to amplify the stories that matter.” . 🤝🏽 📖 Read Sneha’s story and her reflections on the impact of Wedu's ITL course  👉🏼Click here: https://lnkd.in/gyeGEZKf

Meet Maydene Demesana, a motivated advocate for sustainable agriculture from the Philippines. From teaching in Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities to leading innovative farming projects, she’s on a mission to transform lives by building sustainable growing practices through community-driven solutions. 💧🌱 Through her participation in the 2024 Women’s Leadership Academy, Maydene was inspired to continue advocating for youth and women in the agricultural sector, ensuring that their voices are heard and their contributions are recognized in building a sustainable and food-secure future for all. Reflecting on what she learned from her education, experiences, and the Women’s Leadership Academy, Maydene says,  “Agriculture isn’t just about growing food—it’s about growing people and building brighter futures.” ✨ 🌍 Ready to be inspired? Read her story: 👉🏼Click here: https://lnkd.in/gzbF-85R

After a year of transformation, the Wedu team finally came together! ✨🌿🏡 From January 21 to 24, 2025, we gathered at the serene Makhampom Art Space in Chiang Mai, Thailand for an organisational retreat facilitated by 🌟Hema K. This face-to-face meeting was a chance to reflect on the transitions of 2024, shed what no longer serves us, and step confidently into the new year. Here’s to growth, purpose, and the journey ahead! This is us—ready to inspire and be inspired by the stories of women leaders across South and Southeast Asia. 🌏💪 #WeduRetreat

In July 2024 Wedu celebrated four women for their inspirational drive and their mirroring of Wedu’s four core values at our first ever Women’s Leadership Awards. Natasha Kabir from Bangladesh won the award for Purposeful Action Agent, a woman who embraces a profound sense of responsibility to be a force for change in her community. 💫 Natasha received 500USD as a Sustaining Leadership Grant, alongside one-on-one mentoring, and a spotlight video from Wedu. Since the awards, Natasha has collected her learnings from the different opportunities the grant allowed her to participate in. ✨💖 👉🏻 Swipe through to see the highlights of her experiences or read her full reflection piece here >> https://lnkd.in/g2v8jPkZ #WomenLeaders #LeadwithWedu