Hello dear audience! Welcome back after our short summer break. Here are our show notes for our Episode 6: “Language & Leadership.” 

Possible triggers in this episode include sex work, child sexual abuse, and domestic violence. The organizers and organizations featured in this episode are:

• Michele Irving, Founder and Coordinator of POWA, or Productive Organization for Women in Action (Belize). POWA advocates for the rights of women and girls to live lives free from violence, exploitation and abuse. Its members are certified peer counselors and provide outreach to communities to raise awareness on human rights, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, Gender Based Violence, HIV/AIDS and the gender inequalities affecting women and girls. Visit POWA online via their Facebook page; and their Equality Fund webpage. 

• Dylis McDonald, Project Coordinator for CIWIL, the Caribbean Institute of Women in Leadership (Regional / Antigua & Barbuda). CIWiL is  a non-political, multi-partisan, and independent organization founded in 2005 to monitor, strengthen and increase women’s political participation and leadership in the Caribbean. The organization aims to increase the number of women in politics, leadership and decision-making at all levels in the Caribbean through high-quality training, networking, research, analysis and advocacy. CIWIL acts as a coordinating and implementing mechanism for a regional programme of work developed and delivered by a network of organizations and individuals, to advance women’s transformational leadership. Visit CIWiL online via their Website; their Equality Fund webpage; their Facebook page; and Twitter: @CIWiL.