Women’s Leadership and Economic Freedom Program

Women’s Leadership/Economic Freedom Program aims to strengthen and encourage women’s natural ways of leading and entrepreneurial ability.

We implement culturally based curricula for youth in Northern New Mexico. The A’Gin Healthy Sexuality & Body Sovereignty Project addresses body sovereignty and personal empowerment for all stages of life. We also developed the Reimagine Masculinity: Braided Engaging Young Men & Boys Curriculum. These projects, along with our youth council, serve as prevention strategies to support young people to make healthy decisions and prevent gender-based violence.

Program Goals

To provide Indigenous Women with tools for critical analysis of the root causes of poverty
To support pathways which provide financial self-sustainability
To promote leadership development and capacity building among Indigenous Women as well as to create and strengthen women’s leadership opportunities within our communities

Accomplishments

TWU has offered retreats, classes and support groups for young people. The program has helped Tewa women, many of them artists, to receive training and classes to further their own business goals. TWU’s involvement with U.S. Women Connect and other national networks activities has opened an avenue for influencing federal policy change on economic issues for women and low income people

Projects

Engaging Young Men and Boys Project

A’Gin Healthy Sexuality and Body Sovereignty

Sayain / Circle of Grandmothers

Other Programs

Women’s Leadership and Economic Freedom Program

TBA

Program Goals

Accomplishments

Projects