Dear Dana -- This is my second attempt at a reply, since I apparently accidentally deleted my previous effort, BUT, if you already received it, please ignore this one! Sorry to take so long to answer your request and am grateful for your interest in our unique program. The GlobalPOWER program agenda is designed to let Members of Parliament [MPs] -- whom we select for their leadership on women's human rights issues in their Parliaments, in their previous NGO work, and in their constituencies -- learn from each other and from the UN and NGO leaders who join us as part of the GlobalPOWER sisterhood. Much of the program is devoted to strategic planning for what the Parliamentarians will do when they return home -- both in their own Parliaments and through such inter-parliamentary bodies as the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), for example. Our MISSION is policy change -- to create the legislative mandates that will benefit NGOs and service providers who are working for and with trafficking victims; our STRATEGY is direct and ongoing engagement with Members of Parliament -- the people who have the power, right now, to pass these laws, promote/ensure their enforcement and funding for victim services and trafficking prevention programs, and who have the public platform/voice to speak out -- nationally and in their constituencies about trafficking as a women's human rights crisis. IMMEDIATE IMPACT of the first two GlobalPOWER programs [2006 and 2007]: GlobalPOWER MPs introduced and passed anti-trafficking/victim protection laws in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mexico. More to come!

Hello Leslie,
Could you include in your entry form a more detailed description of your impact? What exactly occurs at the GlobalPOWER programs? What are the outcomes?
Thank you for your response.
Dana Frasz
Ashoka's Changemakers