Empowering women through education
Women for Change is a committee of the LBW Trust, a registered charity in Australia supporting the education of young people in need, both in Australia and internationally. Women for Change focuses on providing access to tertiary education to young women from developing nations who would not otherwise have this opportunity.
Kakenya’s Dream
Women for Change has worked with Kakenya’s Dream since 2016 to provide tertiary scholarships to over 100 young Masaai women, including 5 who are studying in Australia. After surviving Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), escaping child marriage and negotiating with her father and village elders to stay in school, Dr Ntaiya became the first woman from her village to attend University in the United States. She used that educational opportunity to create a school for girls and to provide a pathway to empowerment for every girl in her community.
SPRJ Kanyashala Trust
In 2023 Women for Change established a key talent program to help underprivileged young women in Mumbai to not only gain access to tertiary education, but to develop the personal and leadership skills to achieve sought after internship positions and better job opportunities post graduation. We are working with the SPRJ Kanyashala Trust, a Mumbai not for profit educational organisation that has been operating since 1924, to deliver this program.
Teach Her
Women for Change is supporting Teach Her, an American not for profit organisation that provides tertiary education scholarships to orphaned girls. Teach Her focuses exclusively on the more than 4 million orphaned and abandoned girls currently living in institutions worldwide.
Heartland Centre for Advancing Women’s Health and Education
Our work with Heartland involves the creation of a new college to provide tertiary education to a significant number of young women from across Nepal. There is a particular focus on the Dalit caste group who often struggle to gain educational opportunities and, recognising the need for a holistic approach, Women for Change is also supporting the development of a centre for improving women’s health.
Women for Change believes that small steps and standing on each other’s shoulders can make a massive change to the lives of individuals, their families and their communities. The women we support become change agents and leaders in their communities and some of them will be international leaders.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions about Women for Change or any of our projects or events.
Email
info@womenforchange.org.au