Call for Women for Environment Lead Cohort is now open!!
WE Africa’s purpose is to place women leaders in Africa at the forefront of transforming the environmental movement through inclusive, collective leadership. WE Africa emerged from the frustration that the joint crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency also reflect a crisis and lack of diversity in leadership that requires urgent attention.
WE lead is a 12-month annual leadership experience for women environmental leaders in Africa. The program has been designed by leadership experts and co-created with WE Africa fellows since 2021. It is grounded in the pillars of personal leadership, wellbeing, relationships for collaboration and peacebuilding, visibility for impact, and radical imagination. Upon graduating from the WE lead experience, WE Africa fellows join the WE move community, which paves the way to scale impact through collective action and paying it forward.
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WE Africa was created to address this imbalance by empowering women leaders in African conservation to transform their own and others’ leadership, fostering strong mixed-gender teams that will achieve greater environmental outcomes.
The vision of WE Africa is to ignite a movement of women leaders in Africa and beyond, who serve as role models for a more effective and impactful approach to conservation. By delivering transformational and deeply African leadership experiences, amplified by a strong pay-it-forward approach and supported by a connected community, WE Africa makes tangible contributions to the sustainability and wellbeing of leaders and ecosystems. WE Africa stands as a beacon of hope for the future, locally and globally.
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African CountriesBenefits
- Membership in a community of passionate, experienced African women who are some of the most senior leaders in the environmental sector today.
- Access to twelve months of 1:1 leadership coaching
- An opportunity to create a new leadership vision for yourself and to pursue personalized leadership development activities to realize that vision.
- Weekly two hour online sessions designed to complement your work
- Two in-person retreats for intensive community-building and personal and collective growth
Eligibilities
- African nationals, current citizens of a country in Africa, or those who have had permanent residency in Africa for a minimum of 15 years.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience working in the environmental space in government, NGO, or private sector in Africa including at least 3 years serving in a senior leadership role.
- A commitment to investing in your personal growth and participation for the full 12-month program.
- A record of mentorship and desire to support future environmental leaders
- Access to reliable internet.
- Ability to manage your calendar to attend one 2 hour online session each week at a set time, as well as 1 hour coaching sessions every 2-3 weeks as agreed on with your coach.
- Support and buy-in from your organisation or direct report, if necessary to enable your full participation in the different aspects of the programme.
- A commitment to contribute USD $500 as a registration fee towards the cost of the program and approximately $1500 towards your travel to retreats (all fellows are equally sponsored for their participation to the value of $11, 500/ per person) **
Application Process
- Fill out the application form in their website.
- Provide a CV within the application form.
Application Deadline: August 16, 2024
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