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The College for                                   economic backgrounds and from
Politics                                          societies which marginalize
                                                  women, to be heard, be active
The program for women’s                           and activists in their community,
political training will provide                   and to become skilled and run
t o o l s a n d s p e c i fi c s k i l l s t o    for positions in the future.
prepare women for competing
in municipal elections and                        College for Elected
future Knesset elections. This                    Women Council
program is for council members                    Members
interested in re-election or
being elected mayor, for women                    WePower’s novel College
interested in entering the local                  for Elected Women Council
p o l i t i c a l a r e n a f o r t h e fi r s t  Members initiative is targeted
time, and for women interested                    on the new first-time elected
in running for various public                     council women and provides
positions. The program was                        them with the tool box, know-
inaugurated before the 2013                       how and support to effectively
elections, and about 60% of its                   serve a meaningful and
participants ran for elections.                   s u c c e s s f u l t e r m i n o ffi c e a s
The program is based on                           Council members who will
WePower’s familiarity with the                    promote gender-equality in the
needs and challenges facing                       public arena.
women interested in competing
in the coming elections, with                     Gender Conscious
expert professionals who supply                   Management Program
training on various topics.
                                                  This is a program intended
Your Voice Matters                                for the local authorities’
Program                                           management, with the purpose
                                                  of introducing gender oriented
A program aimed at Jewish                         world perceptions to them into
Orthodox and Arab women, to                       management, together with
give them the tools and inspire                   the provision of tools on how
them to get active in politics                    to manage the various divisions
and run for public office in their                in their entities, considering
communities. The program                          an equal human and gender-
gives tools to women from lower                   conscious society.

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