Women's Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation

Butterfly Effect

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Learning From Past Mistakes

30/09/2015

Zainab* uses her training in advocacy to convince a man to stop selling girls of his tribe into marriage. Eighth in our WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect series.

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: There is Always Hope

29/09/2015

Our seventh narrative from the WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect series: Saira*, a young lady at a women's shelter in Iraq, realized that returning to a normal life was not, in fact, out of her reach.

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Go Forward, No Matter the Circumstances

28/09/2015

Awa* from Senegal gained the confidence to stand up to her family's expectations and follow her dreams of going to cinema school abroad. Sixth in the WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect series. Read more here!

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Internalizing Human Rights

25/09/2015

Salma*, after the WELDD workshops, now has powerful words for anyone struggling with the discord between caring for activism and caring for oneself.
Fifth in the WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect series.

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Girls are Our Future

24/09/2015

Fourth in the WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect series: Aisha*, Nigeria, tells about her successful efforts in making a father realize the error of his ways in selling young girls off to marriage.

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: We All Deserve a Second Chance

23/09/2015

The third in the WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect series, this story is about Mariam*, a girl in a women's shelter in Iraq, who realized she will no longer be the victim and will now use her agency to bring positive change in her life.

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Need for Improvement in Erbil’s Shelter System

22/09/2015

Our second narrative from the "WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect" series from the managing director of a woman's shelter in Iraq.

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: School, Not Marriage for Young Girls

21/09/2015

The first story in the Butterfly Effect series is about Fatima* a schoolteacher in Nigeria, who managed to prevent one of her students from undergoing child marriage.

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