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The Andi Leadership Institute for Young Women seeks to equip the next generation of young, female peacebuilders with the necessary conflict resolution and leadership skills during their formative years, providing them with greater access to peace negotiations and leadership positions in the future.

The Institute launched its pilot program in August 2013 through a three-week long seminar with 8 young women, from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and the United States, in Washington, D.C. Participants are continuing to be mentored through the implementation of their capstone projects in their home communities. As ALI alumni, they are members of the ALI Peace Fellows network of young woman leaders engaged through continued dialogue, support and resources. 

“Women’s leadership is essential to making peace processes sustainable, but women are mostly missing from high-level peace negotiations around the world,” said Advisory Council Member and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. “The institute seeks to fix this by giving young women the skills they need to become peacebuilders at a young age. When something like this works, it not only opens the way for more success in those women’s future lives, it also clears the ground behind them for more women to enter that field.”  

ALI Press Room

Rachel Maddow Accepts Ice Bucket Challenge in Support of
The Andi Leadership Institute for Young Women
Watch the video at MSNBC
July 30, 2014
The Andi Leadership Institute for Young Women Announces
PARTICIPANTS FOR 2014 PROGRAM
Eight Women from Israel, Pakistan, India, Yemen, Ethiopia, Kosovo & the U.S. Selected
for Peacebuilding Training in Washington
July 9, 2014
The Next Generation of Young Female Peacebuilders
PeacePlayers International blog post
January 6, 2014
Mentoring a New Generation of Peacebuilders
World Learning blog post
December 5, 2013
Malala and the Keys to Peace
Huffington Post
International Day of the Girl
11 October, 2013
From Bagdad to DC: My Journey to Prove Peace is Not Just a Dream
PeacePlayers International blog post
September 16, 2013
Honoring the Past by Supporting Future Young Women Leaders
Diplomatic Courier
29 March, 2013

Voices of the Pilot Program
“I think the Andi Leadership Institute program will help improve my leadership skills, self confidence, and networking abilities,” said Syrian participant Afnan Bahloul. “As a Syrian, learning more about peacebuilding is important to me in effort to improve my ability to deal with the current conflict now and post-war rebuilding.”  Get an update on Afnan's work post program here
Events
Stay tuned for speaking events and ALI programs...
ALI takes Austin Texas by storm:
2014: Featured Presenter at We are Girls Conference; Trail to Triumph  


2013: Jaime Horn, Director and 2 pilot program Alumni speak on a panel at TEDxAustinWomen. 

Watch the video here.
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The Andi Leadership Institute 
for Young Women
1793 Lanier Place, #5
Washington, DC 20009

Phone: 202.599.8446
Email: [email protected]
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