Standing firm for the emancipation of women in politics
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) is an non-profit organization established in Zimbabwe to help increase women participation…

Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.
Priority Areas
Capacity Building
We offer intensive training programs on transformative leadership for women aspiring to run for public elected office. We also offer intergenerational mentorship and coaching sessions between aspiring leaders and current or former women leaders
Social Entrepreneurship
We assist women leaders with skills, techniques and opportunities to boost their economic function through nurturing of small income generating projects. Lack of financial resources is a major factor inhibiting women’s full participation in leadership
Peace building and Social Cohesion
WALPE works with men, women, boys and girls in promoting a conducive, peaceful and tolerant environment for women to freely, actively and full participate in leadership.

#LetsGo5050 - Collaborative networks have also played a vital role, enabling vendors to pool resources, share knowledge and support each other through group savings and lending schemes.
Target Audience
Presidential Candidates
As the Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence we believe there is no office too big for women. Therefore we want our alumni to contest for the Presidency.
Members of Parliament
We equip women with the skills and training required for them to successfully contest for legislative positions, and lobby political parties for the same. We aspire towards 50/50 represantation in both Parliament and Senate.
Union Leaders
We equip Union leaders and those who aspire to be wUnion leaders with the skills required for them to lead their workers unions, regardless of the professions they pursue. Our goal is to produce the first female leader of the national workers union.
Councillors
Councillors are the backbone of service delivery. Yet out of 1958 Councillors only a handful are women. We believe women are capable of world class service delivery and we want to see more women as councillors in the future.
Student Leaders
We offer comprehensive training for students who want to contest for the Students Representative Council (SRC) and the Students Representative Assembly (SRA) at any of the country’s tertiary institutions . We hope they will then proceed to future and bigger opportunities.
Community Leaders
We believe charity begins at home. So does leadership. We train women who want to take up the leadership mantle in their own communities, from local boards to school development committes.
Community interactions through sports like soccer and netball has significantly helped in the mobilization and education of young women on the need to take up leadership positions
