Paola Saldivias Mendez

Co-founder

Visionaria Network of Peru

From the field of Social Communication Sciences, Paola Saldivias Mendez has developed capacities for the design of programs and projects focused on human rights of women, children and teens. With 9 years of experience in sustainable development in Latin America, Paola has assembled and led high-performance work teams. In 2016, she co-founded and launched Visionaria Network, a non-governmental organization for social development, which specializes in leadership and agency-based empowerment training for teachers and students in secondary rural public schools, as well as building organizational capacities to mainstream gender, better supporting women and girls in the Andean region.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
10:30 am EEST	12:00 pm EEST	Hey Funders: Here’s What Young Feminist Leaders Need from You! Concurrent Room MH 2-1	What makes the difference between philanthropy that is pathbreaking for young feminist leaders and funding that creates yet more obstacles to meaningful change? Join us Read More What makes the difference between philanthropy that is pathbreaking for young feminist leaders and funding that creates yet more obstacles to meaningful change? Join us for a discussion of grantee-led, feminist, trust-based philanthropy. Hear directly from grassroots and local young feminist leaders fighting for gender and racial equality in the Global South, and learn what transformative, sustainable social change looks like for them. Join us for a dynamic discussion on the much-needed shifts in philanthropy and aid to support feminist organizing, programming, and the leadership of adolescent girls and young women, and learn about funders’ experiences implementing more trust-based, feminist models. Session format: Thought Leadership Organized by American Jewish World Service, Girls First Fund, WomenStrong International, Cellule Nigérienne des Jeunes Filles Leaders, Mujeres Sociopolíticas Mamá Tingó, Feminist Approach to Technology, Visionaria Peru, Women’s Justice Initiative Read Less Speakers Fanta Toure-Puri Fund Director Girls First Fund Sachini Perera Executive Coordinator Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ) Rut Curruchich Outreach Coordinator Women’s Justice Initiative Paola Saldivias Mendez Co-founder Visionaria Network of Peru Saratou Bako Bagassa Member, Leadership and Mentoring Camp Organization Committee Cellule Nigérienne Des Jeunes Filles Leaders (CNJFL) Rubi Rubi Management Committee member/Program Champion Feminist Approach to Technology Johanna Agustin Co-ordinator of Political Participation, responsible for Accounting/Finance Mujeres Socio Políticas Mama Tingo [Mama Tingo Socio-Political Women] Susan M. Blaustein Founder and Executive Director WomenStrong International Sarah Green Senior Policy Advisor, Sexual Health and Rights American Jewish World Service (AJWS)