LANGUAGE AND LEADERSHIP GAP YEAR
This 10-month Gap Year Program on Sias International University with the World Academy for the Future of Women combines college credit for two semesters of Chinese language, including speaking, listening, writing, as well as Chinese culture and history. Gap Year students will become members of the World Academy for the Future of Women, attending seminars, interactive labs and coaching, and projects based on the UN Sustainable Goals, preparing women and men for campus, community and global leadership.
WAFW Projects
Accelerating Women’s Leadership
The World Academy is located on Sias International University campus in Xinzheng, Henan province, China. More than 700 students have become World Academy members over the past 6 years and are engaged in a bold and daring leadership program to prepare them to accelerate women’s leadership worldwide. The Academy is a volunteer program and requires members to participate 8-10 hours per week in seminars, labs, coaching and projects.
Annual Women’s Symposium 2018
May 11-13, 2018
The Annual Women’s Symposium began in 2007 to recognize and introduce leaders whose work has made significant impact on their lives and on the lives of others. The mission is to have young women and men embrace new possibilities for their personal and professional lives that will bring forth gender equality, social justice and human rights to under served populations in their communities, countries, and around the world.
WAFW MARKETING TEAM
Media and Public Relations Department
World Academy members are student leaders and project leaders who are responsible for the day- to-day operation of the World Academy program. The website www,gi-wafw.org is designed and maintained by members of the Marketing TEam who post breaking news and events related to the Academy events and projects. Learn more about the World Academy on this site from Academy members in China and Nepal.
Featured Projects
What in the world are the Academy Members Doing?
USA Home Base
World Academy Radio showcases the WAFW leadership, alumni, sponsors and more. Topics include the history of WAFW, its program, the results to date and its effects on the lives of all participants, students expectations, their experience and how it helps them on their career path post graduation.
Our mission is to give WAFW an online global voice utilizing audio and social media platforms to help the organization expand on its outreach efforts.
Latest News
- Register for the 10th Annual Women’s Symposium
- Administrative Assistant Monday Tao finished her two-month internship in Phoenix.
- Educating Young Women to be Global Leaders: A Model
- Meeting with Dr. Xiumei Wang from Beijing Normal University
- Meeting with Yale Center Beijing
- New Promotional PDF Just Posted
- Activist takes overpopulation message to China
- Give Voice to Women Through the Arts
- GAP Year Program for Students
- Give Voice to Women Through the Arts- Year Two
WAFW Video
The World Academy for the Future of Women taught [me] a lot. I know how to find my passion, how to build a team and empower it. Also, I know how to deal with the relationship between the leader and follower.
At first, I was always a very shy girl, . . . I [could] not give a speech to the public . . . it is indeed a very difficult obstacle for me to overcome. In order to change this weakness, and to be a powerful leader, I chose to take part in the Academy.
I have learned to be a powerful leader, how to work as a team, how to express myself bravely, [and] how to act confidently and spontaneously. The most important [thing] I have learned [is] how to accomplish my dream to make a difference. Women can make this world different; we must count on ourselves. Believe in it and then give myself a chance to work on it, and, you know what, I found it is a piece of cake!
Because of the World Academy and our facilitators, I saw more about how everything was going all over the world, and I got more information which is totally different from what I had already known before. All of these made me realize that, as a young woman, I have the right to realize my own dream and to be an excellent leader. And I have the responsibility to help other women and men.
I have learned what qualities a leaders needs and how a leader should be. It’s about service, not being in charge of somebody.
In the Academy, every facilitator encouraged us to have confidence and helped us to find our advantages. So I know that as women, we have [different] strengths from men in working.
Now I am confident to pursue my dreams. I will . . . open a preschool. I wan to contribute to [the children education industry in China] and I am confident that I can make a difference.
Every week we attended classes given by the facilitators. We learned to think deeply about ourselves, the abilities a successful woman should have, how to make an effective team, and how to communicate effectively with others.
