Leadership (10 links)

 

 

Better Communication and Planning Toolkits - from the CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation
These toolkits give activists guidance in skills such as media relations, writing, and strategizing.

 

Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers
CWGL, a unit of the Institute for Women's Leadership, develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide. It conducts programs in the two fields of policy & advocacy, and leadership development & women's human rights education.

 

iKNOW Politics: International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics	Featured listing
A joint project of the UN Development Program and Development Fund for Women, the NDI, International IDEA, and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Its goal is to increase the participation and effectiveness of women in political life by utilizing a technology-enabled forum.

Leadership for a Changing World
A program that recognizes and supports leaders and works to highlight the importance of community leadership in improving people’s lives. It includes leadership case studies, ethnographic portraits of community leadership, and reports/manuals.

Women & Politics Institute at American University
A center for scholarly research on women and politics and political leadership trainings. 

 

The Women's Campaign School at Yale University
Each summer, this school conducts a five day-long session training women in the skills and strategies to run successful political campaigns. 

 

Young Arab Leaders
A network of young leaders from the Arab world. Includes leadership, education, enterpreneurship, and dialogue initiatives. 

 

Manual: Empowering Young Women to Lead Change, A Training Manual, from the World YWCA and the UN Population Fund
A manual designed to enable young women to prepare and facilitate workshops. Includes general tips as well as educational materials and suggested activities for a range of issues, such as human rights and economic justice.

 

Manual: Leading to Choices, A Leadership Training Handbook for Women, from Women's Learning Partnership	Featured listing
A training manual that covers the following topics: developing the self for leadership, communicating with others, and creating learning partnerships.

 

Manual: The Quantum Leadership, from Institute for Sustainable Communities
Based on research generated from ISC's Leadership for a Changing World program, this book illustrates the methods and strategies that leaders use to catalyze and strengthen their communities.