Kota Expert Insights: Women’s Collaboration Jul 7, 2015

Kota Alliance Members Aga Wilson (international development expert and Executive Director of NFCC International) and Mari Malek (DJ, model, and founder of Stand4Education) are passionate about improving conditions for women and girl globally. NFCC International works on sexual reproductive health and empowering women and girls in Nepal. The organization has also been closely involved in the disaster relief efforts of the recent earthquake to ensure that women and girls have access to basic necessities. Stand4Education facilitates access to education in South Sudan. Their approach includes empowering women and children through education, fashion, music, and art. In addition, Aga and Mari are fierce advocates for mentoring and women’s collaboration in the non-profit sector.

Who We Are: Meet Aga, Mari, and their organizations in this video – Kota Expert Insights: Introduction to NFCC and Stand4Education.

Why Women’s Collaboration Matters: The approach of both NFCC and Stand4Education is to mentor, support, and engage women in collaborations. This is why and how they do it: Video – Kota Expert Insights: Why do we need collaboration?

For more information on NFCC International, please see/contact: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @nfccint Facebook: NFCC International Website: www.nfccint.org

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For more information on Stand4Education, please see/contact: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @stand4ed Facebook: Stand For Education, Inc. Website: www.stand4education.org/ Youtube: Stand4Education TV

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The Kota Alliance wants to help underserved organizations excel and collaborate, by offering both programmatic and technical support. In the future, Kota will also provide office, co-working, event, and conference space, as well as lodging for visitors – all at affordable prices. This will be accomplished by creating the space as a social enterprise, and use of the building at market rates by anyone wishing to contribute to the cause. In late Spring 2015, Kota organized an event, #KotaDay to offer opportunities for networking and colearning — in essence, to showcase its core mission. The day featured keynotes by economist and author, Dambisa Moyo; Lopa Banerjee, Chief of the Civil Society Section at UNWomen; and Sheryl WuDunn, Author of A Path Appears. Some hundred participants also attended 14 interactive workshops, topics of which ranged from girls’ rights and women’s in conflict situations, to fundraising and legal issues.

This series of posts features Expert Insights from selected workshops and their leaders. We hope you find them useful for your non-profit or related work!

Mari Malek and Aga Wilson giving a Keynote address on Women’s Collaboration, #KotaDay2015

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