Institute for Young Women Development (IYWD)

The Institute for Young Women Development (IYWD) was founded to mobilise and strengthen marginalised young women to organise and engage with power on all levels especially in their communities while also preparing them to face the backlash that women’s demands for equality provoke. In achieving its goals, it as taken IYWD deep levels of organising, shared visions, strong alliances and negotiating power to survive inevitable backlash faced by young women.