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Inspiring Women Changemakers

Connect with changemakers who want the world to be a fairer, safer place for women

Anj Handa standing on a log

Hi! I’m Anj Handa, Founder of Inspiring Women Changemakers. I’ve worked in professional lobbying since 2003 but it was in 2014, when I led a high-profile campaign that my life really changed. On behalf of an asylum seeker, I pulled together a top legal team to build her case and led a Change.org petition which gathered 126,500 signatures and the interest of global media, MPs and influencers. Read more here.

I already had advantages such as public policy and communications expertise, media training, and a broad network. But it was the wholehearted people, mostly women, who generously offered their skills and connections that made it possible to make an impact on such a massive scale.

Inspiring Women Changemakers was set up to equip changemakers with the communications skills, connections and launchpad to make social change. Through our changemaker community, we support and uplift each other in our work to make the world become a safer, fairer place for women.

We tackle deep, serious issues yet we still have fun. If we sound like your kind of people,  join us.

We give you the skills, connections and launchpad to make change

“We’re not faffing about here!” IWC member, Minoti Parikh

Our Mission

We want women to have fairer opportunities in the workplace, and to be safe from harm at home and in society. When women thrive, we all do.

At all levels, women still experience disproportionate inequalities in jobs, pay, health, education, and access to finance, even though they usually have the responsibility for the bulk of caring and household decisions.

Women and non-binary folk face even greater barriers and burdens as a result of additional, overlapping characteristics such as their race, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

We are changemakers of all bodies, beliefs and backgrounds. We’d love you to become part of our inclusive community.  Join us.

For Changemakers

We’re an inclusive community of people like you who want to see the world become a safer, fairer place for women: whoever they are, wherever they live and whatever they do.

Incredible people like you see the issues, you get why things need to change, you want to do something about it, and you live and breathe the issues. By joining the Inspiring Women Changemakers community, you’ll make new connections to learn from and join forces with, get to use our socials to amplify your work and learn about funding and other opportunities.

When we work together and speak up about the policy and social issues that hold women back, we don’t just amplify our voices, we advocate for those whose voices are rarely heard. Join us!

For Inclusive Organisations

We love to work with values-led organisations. We help you build and communicate effective social impact and inclusion initiatives, putting the right strategies, policies, and procedures in place so that you can continue by yourselves.

Through our consultancy, facilitation and training, we give your team the tools, techniques, and strategies to become highly effective leaders in the global economy.

Learn more about how we can help you in three key areas: Social Impact and Governance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Inclusive Communication.

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