Join us in Transforming Lives
Counterpart International partners with local organizations and individuals worldwide to build inclusive, sustainable communities. For over 55 years, we’ve empowered people to achieve lasting change, from enhancing education and healthcare to fostering economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Our Impact
Counterpart offers innovative solutions for women’s empowerment through a range of impactful approaches. We center our activities around economic advancement, capacity development, mentorship, coaching, and peacebuilding. We are committed to empowering and enhancing women’s role in creating a sustainable, inclusive society.
- 1000+ participants from 77 countries in the alumni network
- 12 convenings of Afghan women activists since March 2023
- 100 Ukrainian women refugees provided with mental health support through self-care and skill-building workshops
Improving Public Health through the Power of Mentorship
Tashi Browne’s story is a testament to the transformative power of mentorship. To improve public health in Guyana, Browne started her own company providing local companies and organizations with the tools and resources needed to develop quality management systems, supporting safe practices and products, and ensuring credible results from laboratories. The Global Women in Management program allowed her to take this work to the next level.
Protecting the Environment in Nigeria
Mfon Edet created a foundation—Kids-Cycle Enlightenment Campaign—that runs environmental programs in Nigerian schools to teach children about climate change and resource management, specifically focusing on the need to recycle and upcycle. With our training, she gained critical skills in financial sustainability and fundraising that has allowed her enterprise to thrive.
Breaking Stereotypes, Leading With Persistence
Fatema Abdulla Hadroom Alghfeli, a manager at Weatherford Oil and Gas, was raised in a strict family in Dubai—a place with a history of limiting how far women could go in the workforce. She participated in the Global Women In Management program in 2012, where she participated in capacity building sessions and received mentoring to help her further her career. We reconnected with Alghfeli to learn how her experience back then affects her work today.
Fostering Financial Freedom for Women in Guyana
Shamela John is the founder of RESYSCO, a financial management firm based in Guyana. An accountant by trade, she faced many obstacles on the way to creating her own business. She had dreams of building her own business, and the Global Women In Management program gave her the tools to actually do it. With training and guidance, she narrowed her focus and identified a unique niche in the market.
Championing Women’s Inclusion in Nigerian Development
Through the Global Women In Management program, Nne Bassey Abraham, CEO of Our Ladies Development Centre in Nigeria, realized that empowering women is more than simply encouraging them to take interest in policymaking, it’s also about engaging public officials, key partners and stakeholders in women’s development initiatives.
Leadership Training in Action
Women in Management—training, coaching, and mentoring for women leaders. Our program strengthens the capacity of participants to grow their business and overcome challenges. Alumni join a global network of more than 1,000. The program is offered multiple times a year and is open to women worldwide. A recent program evaluation showed that increased public speaking skills, confidence, and overall leadership development of the participants were game changers in both their professional and personal journeys. Two-thirds of the graduates saw greater income as a result. Yet, this is balanced with increased self-care and mental health.
Watch the video to hear some of our rising stars in their own voices.
