Applications are now open for Women Rising for Climate Resilience (Cohort 2), Wedu’s flagship climate leadership programme designed to equip emerging women leaders with the knowledge, skills, mentorship, and networks needed to drive climate action across South and Southeast Asia.
Women Rising for Climate Resilience is a leadership development programme for emerging women leaders across South and Southeast Asia. Through eight weeks of structured online learning, co-designed with women leaders and climate organisations across the region, participants develop climate justice frameworks, systems thinking, and practical leadership tools grounded in their own contexts.
Delivered over eight weeks, the programme combines interactive online learning, leadership development, climate justice education, systems thinking, and practical project design. Participants will develop a Climate Solution Concept Note addressing a challenge in their community or workplace and, following the programme, receive mentorship to support implementation. Selected initiatives may also be considered for seed funding where resources are available.
Programme Focus
The programme equips participants with practical knowledge and leadership skills in areas including:
- Climate change and resilience
- Climate justice
- Systems thinking
- Leadership development
- Community-led climate solutions
- Project design and implementation
- Collaboration and peer learning
- Building climate action networks
Participants will leave the programme with a practical action plan that can be implemented within their communities or organizations.
Eligibility
Applicants should:
- Identify as women.
- Be based in South or Southeast Asia.
- Demonstrate a commitment to creating positive change in their communities.
- Have an interest in climate action, sustainability, community development, public health, education, entrepreneurship, policy, or related fields.
- Be willing to actively participate in the full eight-week online programme.
You do not need to be a climate expert to apply. Wedu welcomes women from diverse professional backgrounds who are eager to strengthen their climate leadership.
Benefits
Successful participants will receive:
- Eight weeks of interactive online leadership training
- Mentorship from experienced climate leaders
- Guidance to develop a Climate Solution Concept Note
- Access to Wedu’s growing network of women leaders
- Opportunities to join the Climate Alliance for Women Leaders in Asia (CAWLA)
- Peer learning and collaboration opportunities
- Potential access to seed funding for pilot initiatives (subject to available resources)
- Continued engagement through Wedu’s alumni community
Application Deadline
No application deadline has been announced yet. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.
The programme does not end with the course. Graduates receive mentorship to support implementation of their Climate Solution Concept Note, and where resources allow access to seed funding for their pilot initiatives. Through Wedu’s alumni network, peer circles, and Climate Alliance for Women Leaders in Asia (CAWLA) connections, participants continue to grow their impact long after they complete the programme.
Our target: 100 women complete Women Rising for Climate Resilience by 2029.
