[Women Leadership Program] The Women’s Earth Alliance Grassroots Accelerator Indonesia

The Women’s Earth Alliance Grassroots Accelerator Indonesia is a four-month leadership program tailored to support Indonesian women leaders. The program aims to enhance participants’ skills, knowledge, tools, and networks to amplify the impact of environmental and climate initiatives.

Participant Eligibility

We seek women environmental leaders who:

• Work in critical ecosystems such as peatlands, mangrove forests, national parks, conservation areas, nature reserves, etc.
• Are active in non-profit leadership, grassroots advocacy, business, community empowerment, or movement building with a focus on the environment and climate.
• Implement or plan to implement economic empowerment and/or entrepreneurship projects or initiatives.
• Are committed to enhancing personal capacity to expand the impact of their initiatives.
• Are interested in engaging with people from diverse cultures, religions, traditions, and beliefs.

WEA leaders work in these intersectional areas (and beyond):

• Climate Conservation
• Economics
• Education
• Energy
• Food and Agriculture
• Health and Safety
• Indigenous Lifeways
• Waste Management
• Water

Program Benefits

Expand Impact

• Strengthen and unify climate initiatives led by women, generating measurable and sustainable impacts for the global environment, economies, and communities.

Network with Other Leaders

• Become part of a national and global network of grassroots environmental leaders, gaining access to new funding, sharing best practices with peers, and gaining visibility at both national and global levels.

Share Resources

• Gain professional development in leadership, entrepreneurship, advocacy, communication, and technical solutions from global facilitators, regional experts, and cohort peers.

Through This Program, You Will Gain:

• Skills in professional development, leadership, economic justice, advocacy, communications, and environmental innovations, facilitated by issue experts and cohort peers.
• Professionally produced media assets to amplify the impact of your work.
• A US$ 1,500 seed grant opportunity to grow your high-impact climate/environmental initiatives, campaigns, or policy platforms.
• Ongoing one-on-one expert and peer mentoring to support your personal and professional development.
• Visibility within national and international WEA networks.
• A comprehensive action plan to accelerate your climate/environmental initiative, including an impact framework and metrics, implementation strategy, timeline, and budget.
• Skill and knowledge exchange within working groups (e.g., water and sanitation, regenerative agriculture, economic development, indigenous lifeways, etc.).
• Access to WEA accelerator alumni resources, networks, and a repository of best practices.
• Ongoing global alliance support to implement your action plans, designed for long-term sustainability, policy change, and environmental and climate resilience.

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