Women Champions For Change

Extraordinary women leaders creating social change through the power of sport, media, culture and innovation across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

Our Events

From regional summits and leadership gatherings to global conferences and cross-border collaborations, WCC events bring together women who are shaping a more peaceful, inclusive, and connected MENA region.

Explore the moments, conversations, and partnerships that are turning dialogue into lasting impact.

Discover our first-of-its-kind mapping report

women-led organizations across the MENA region.

WCC’s Mapping Report analyzes 130 women-led social change organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), offering the first regional snapshot of this emerging ecosystem and highlighting both the strength of women-led leadership and the untapped opportunities to for cross-border collaboration.

“This mapping report sheds light on one of the region’s greatest untapped assets: it’s diaspora. Women leaders have a unique opportunity to tap into the diaspora’s passion to create change for the communities they still call home.”
⁠⁠Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay, Founder, Iranian Justice Collective

Explore how WCC members are using their voice to create change in the MENA region

October 1, 2026

Listen: Agents of the Matriarchy Podcast

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September 28, 2026

Peace Between Israel and Lebanon Must Be Built Between People, Not Only Governments

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September 27, 2026

עשרות שגרירים ודיפלומטים השתתפו באירוע מועדון השגרירים לציון שש שנים להסכמי אברהם

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Meet Our Leadership

Women Leadership as a Key Driver of Social Change in the MENA Region

Stav Bar Shany

WCC Co-Creator

Ayelet Mavor

WCC Co-Creator

Our strength lies in the power of connection: in women leaders who, together, transcend borders to build trust, share wisdom, and co-create solutions for a more peaceful and inclusive MENA region

MEET OUR STEERING COMMITTEE

Hanan Alsanah

Bedouin Feminist, Human Rights Lawyer and Peacebuilder (Israel)

Nazanin Afshin-Jam Mackay

Human Rights and Democracy Advocate (Iran/Canada)

Donna Orender

Former President WNBA (USA)

Heidi Basch-Harod

Film Maker and Executive Director, Women’s Voices Now (USA)

Astrid Mattar Torbay

Co Founder Abraham Women’s Alliance (Lebanon/USA)

Women social change leaders are uniquely positioned to catalyze regional collaboration

Civil Society

Shared Social Challenges

Diversity as an Asset

Women’s Leadership

Our Changemakers

“Following our time together, I added Hebrew to my app. It may seem like a small step, but for me it symbolizes something much bigger: that healing and human connection can cross borders, languages, and communities.”

Dr. Mariam Ketait
Founder, Ebb & Flow, UAE

“At a defining moment for the Middle East, women must be at the center of shaping the region’s future. WCC brings together an exceptional and diverse group of social changemakers whose different perspectives are our greatest strength.”

Elah Alkalay
Chairperson, IBI Mutual Funds, Israel

A glimpse of what it could look and feel like, if women were present at the most consequential negotiating tables, and the healthy futures we could have if given the chance to create it

Heidi Basch-Harod
Executive Director, Women Voices Now, USA

“In a time when we are constantly surrounded by negative news. Conflict, and stories of loss.., it reminded us that with hope and vision anything is possible”

Nazanin Afshin-Jam Mackay
Human Rights and Democrarcy Advocate, Iran/Canada

“WCC is not just a network. It is a place that reminds me that women from the Middle East are not only talking about change, they are building it together.

Hanan Alsanah
Bedouin Feminist, Co-Executive Director, Itach-Ma’aki, Israel

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