The Global Women in Management strengthens women’s management, leadership and technical skills to enhance and bring to scale programs that advance women’s economic opportunities and build the next generation of women business leaders and entrepreneurs.
GWIM leverages PLAN 36-year history of women’s leadership programs and responds to the call for interventions that advance women in the economy and give women greater control over economic resources to impact the health and development of their families, communities and nations.
There has been 68 Papua New Guinean women who have gone through the Global Women in Management Program. The first woman being Ms. Sisa Kini who attended GWIM 42.
The last GWIM attended was in 2024 by Nancy Kavun and Jacqueline Pil attending GWIM 74.
Advancing PNG Women Leaders Network is the network consisting of the GWIM PNG Alumni.
GWIM75 is current open and receiving applications.
You can read about the Global Women in Management Program at this link.
Within the 10-years report Lasting Impact: Evaluating Ten Years of Advancing Women’s Leadership shows this snippet about the GWIM 59 – PNG Progam
Papua New Guinea: The Potential of Networks
“In March 2014, Papua New Guinea (PNG) hosted the 59th GWIM workshop for 26 participants ranging from 24 to 60 years of age. The GWIM workshop provided a powerful experience of collaboration across geographic and deeply-rooted cultural and generational barriers. By the end of the three weeks, the women
were seeking ways to break down communication gaps through email and social networking.
Just prior to GWIM 59, Plan convened the PNG alumni to determine interest in creating a formal PNG GWIM alumni network. This convening led to the launch of Advancing PNG: Women Leaders Network (APNG-WLN) in 2014 to serve as a resource hub and capacity strengthening platform for CSOs in PNG.
The network, managed and governed by committed alumni volunteers, has the mission to strengthen outreach and linkages among women leaders promoting socio-economic development in their communities. During its first year, the organization legally registered in PNG, developed its charter, elected a board of
directors, established membership requirements, enrolled new participants and developed a strategic plan.
They now have office space and, as of December 2014, an executive officer. In the coming years, the strategic plan will focus on refining the network’s core competencies and programmatic priorities and managing its sustainability.
