Phenomenal Women Global (PWG) is a nonprofit organization based in Switzerland and Uganda with a mission to connect, advance and empower women and girls by supporting their personal and professional growth; developing leadership skills; coaching and mentoring.
We create safe spaces to discuss strategies from women advancing in leadership, career and business and potential challenges faced, as well as eliminating discrimination against women and gender based violence, that stifles women’s progress. By placing emphasis on leadership training and mentoring especially for women from under served communities, we seek to promote their participation in decisions that affect their lives, in particular on national and global issues.
PWG encourages cooperation with women and men of all ethnicities and cultural backgrounds, but also has a prominent focus on women and youth from underserved communities, including African women/women of African descent.
The idea of Phenomenal Women Global was conceived in 2018, by a group of African women from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds, that were conscious of the lack of gender and geographic representation in their organizations. This lack of gender parity in both cooperate and international organizations led to informal discussions between them and finally, the organization of a leadership conference in Geneva Switzerland in September 2018, “the Phenomenal Women Conference.”
One of the Co-Founders, Liza Sekaggya, a human rights officer at the United Nations drew inspiration from the UN EMERGE women leadership program, that she participated in, as a model of good practice.
Phenomenal Women Global (PWG), a nonprofit organization based in Switzerland and Uganda with focal points around the world, exists to connect, advance, and empower women and girls by supporting their personal and professional growth, developing leadership skills, and providing coaching and mentoring. We are committed to contributing to global efforts to achieve gender equality (SDG 5) and eliminate gender-based discrimination and violence that stifles women’s progress. Through our work, we strive to build a network of socially conscious global leaders from diverse and interdisciplinary professions who are multifaceted and who embrace mental health and wellness as essential to sustainable leadership.
A world where women and girls, particularly from underserved communities, have equal access to leadership, education, resources, and influence in shaping a just and inclusive sustainable future.
PWG current structure is composed of 4 main components.
a) The Executive Committee–the governance and leadership body responsible for ensuring implementation of the mission and vision of the organization working with the technical team.
b) The Technical Team – that conducts the activities: Focal Points in several regions: Africa, Europe, North America; staff; fellows; volunteers and interns
d) The International Advisory Board.– that provides non-binding strategic advice to the Executive Committee of PWG and supports the development of strategy, policy, fundraising and activities in line with the vision and mission of PWG.
e) The Members – who have subscribed and have the right to vote at the Annual General Meetings.
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