W I L I | Women's International Leadership Institute: Empowering Women Globally | WILI is a nonprofit organization and was organized in response to the problem of women in poverty who do not have the education or leadership skills to improve their economic situation- women whose day-to-day activities are so focused on survival at minimal subsistence levels that they can not move forward in terms of increasing their own education (and thus improving their economic situation) or skill-level in terms of economic self-sufficiency.

Women’s International Leadership Institute
2010 Writing Contest

The first annual WILI writing contest is open to women of all ages and experience. We are accepting submissions which address the theme of a woman’s rise from limiting life circumstances to a successful, productive life. Entries can take the form of personal essays, memoirs and short fiction.

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Mexico: Los Ranchitos

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WILI is assisting poor women in the community of Los Ranchitos near San Carlos, Sonora, México. The women of Los Ranchitos-community leaders Virginia Moreno Salazar, Elizabeth Baca Baca, and Guadalupe Benavides-requested assistance in building a community center as part of their community mission church. WILI wants to support women in poverty such as Virginia, Elizabeth, and Guadalupe, who are demonstrating informal leadership in their community. We anticipate that the community center will also serve as a learning resource center for the community women— a place where they can benefit from workshops to develop both their educational, as well as their employment potential.

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