Impact
Connecting women, building solutions
The Women-In-WACREN Network is where women connect, exchange knowledge and experience, access mentorship and learning, collaborate across disciplines, and develop solutions to challenges affecting their communities — beyond any single programme.
Networking
Meet women working in STEM across sixteen-plus countries and three language zones.
Mentorship
Be matched with a mentor, or mentor someone earlier in their career.
Peer learning
Study groups, technical clinics and shared problem-solving between cohorts.
Opportunities
Early notice of calls, grants, fellowships and events across the network.
Testimonials
“The WiW initiative not only built my capacity in quantitative analysis using Python but was also very inspiring - to have women who have accomplished great feats in the same room with you, teaching and sharing their experiences with you, is priceless!”
Henrietta Ampofo
GhanaRose Gohoue
WiW Benin“Amazing experience … We set up a weather station. Despite the challenges, we configured the raspberry pi, got the wind speed of our anemometer working.”
Eletta Adeola
NigeriaZeinabou Bagayoko
WiW Mali“The hands-on activities and collaborative learning broadened my perspective and strengthened my confidence to think creatively and turn ideas into practical solutions.”
Prof. Gloria Otunola
Nigeria · NOUNRasmata Simpore
WiW Burkina Faso“This programme showed me how technology, climate data, and community-driven solutions can address real environmental challenges — including our team's flood early-warning alert for vulnerable communities in Gambia.”