Women Lens Africa (WLA) is a social impact organization dedicated to amplifying women’s and youth voices, and strengthening their participation in socio-economic development across Africa.
To amplify the voices of marginalized women and youth by providing platforms for visibility, lived-experience storytelling, and skills-based empowerment to enable them participate meaningfully in Agritech, digital economies, and community-led development.
An Africa where every woman and young person regardless of geography, income, or social status has the skills, and platform to shape their own economic future and contribute to socio-economic development.
Empowerment through education and skills development
Innovation in addressing gender-specific challenges
Community-driven sustainable solutions
Inclusive leadership and participation
Women Lens Africa (WLA) is a development organization in Uganda that leverages media and digital technologies to enhance women’s freedom of expression, information access, civic participation, and socio-economic empowerment. Through information and technology, we are transforming the way women engage with governance to meaningfully participate in decisionmaking processes and public life. We use human-centered design programming to support equitable representation of underserved women in conversations on policies, leadership, economic empowerment, and service delivery that impact their livelihoods, communities, and social transformation. WLA ensures that women most excluded in governance processes are empowered, heard, and included. Our key interest persons are: Women in politics and leadership, Young women and adolescent girls, Women living with disabilities, Refugee women, and Women in rural and remote communities.
We partner with Local government councils, Radio stations, Digital innovation hubs, Community-based organizations, National and international NGOs to amplify impact and boost gender-responsive governance.
