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Women Empowerment & Leadership (WEL) Institute

The Women Empowerment and Leadership (WEL) Institute programs serve as a learning collaboration led by RAMWI. Each program is designed to have a co-lead from a local academic institution or community organization to assist with program planning, evaluation, and to engage the women participating. Program components include facilitated discussions that foster a safe environment for peer sharing; engaging with community partners from academic institutions, public and private sectors; and engage in interactive convenings that allow the refugee and migrant women an opportunity to build their skills, reflect, share ideas, and to advocate for other refugee women resettling in the Tampa Bay area. 

Past programming topics have included:

Advocacy

Explore what leadership means and how women can build on their existing leadership skills for the benefit of their communities.

Workforce Readiness

A key component of economic empowerment is to support workforce readiness to help refugee women prepare for employment.

Disaster Preparedness & Resilience

Build awareness, increase knowledge, and self-efficacy at the individual and household levels to plan and prepare for natural disasters.

Into to Entrepreneurship

Business training and communications skill-building that encourage women to translate their passions into strategies to financially support themselves and their families.

Health & Wellness

Exploring different approaches to improving overall physical and psychological well- being to include movement, the creative arts, and building support systems within the community.

How can you help?

There are many ways to lift up the women attending our support groups and help them find hope and healing. If you are interested in volunteering or sponsoring our WEL Institute,
please contact Florence Ackey, Executive Director, at florence@ramwi.org.

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