Refugee WomenLeadership Training
Leadership Training gives refugee and immigrant women the skills and confidence to be advocates for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Refugee and immigrant women
From refugeewomensnetworkinc.org/programs ↗About this program
The goals of the Leadership Program are to:
Strengthen women’s abilities to be leaders in their homes, businesses, and communities; Improve the communities in which refugee and immigrant women live; Increase advocacy by the refugee and immigrant women and their community members; Increase their capacity to access community resources; and Build allies across ethnicities for civic participation and community building.
Past graduates of the Leadership Program have gone on to establish their own nonprofits that serve refugee women, including Tapestri, Fatima's Refuge, and Ujima Collective.
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- Who
- Refugee and immigrant women
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Social AdjustmentSocial Adjustment services are provided to help refugees assimilate into their new lives in the U.S. and to encourage self-reliance so that individuals and families can successfully navigate similar situations in the future.
Economic EmpowermentWomen’s Economic Empowerment services are provided to equip refugee and immigrant women with the knowledge and resources to become economically self-sufficient through employment, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.
Chefs Club$100 for catering services; $200 for private virtual cooking classChefs Club is an entrepreneurship development program supporting refugee and immigrant women's economic empowerment by addressing the barriers to starting food-based businesses, including access to extensive technical training and licensing.