WALPE expands women's leadership training programme
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) in Zimbabwe is expanding its training programs to include AI and feminist leadership. The initiative focuses on economic empowerment to help women participate more effectively in political and public life.
Why it matters
By combining economic support with leadership training, the program aims to reduce the vulnerability of women to political manipulation and increase their representation in governance.
HARARE, July 13, (Newsday Live): The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) says it has intensified efforts to promote women's leadership, economic empowerment and gender equality through a series of initiatives that have already benefited thousands of women across Zimbabwe.
In its latest activity update, WALPE said it has opened applications for a training of trainers programme on transformative feminist leadership, technology and artificial intelligence under the #EmpowerLead project, implemented with support from the Embassy of Switzerland through Oxfam Zimbabwe.
The organisation said the programme builds on achievements recorded in 2025, when it trained 200 aspiring women leaders, including young women and women with disabilities, in transformative feminist leadership.
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