Background
 | The Grassroots Women’s International Academy (GWIA) was designed and initiated by members of the Mother Centers International Network for Empowerment mine and conducted in cooperation with GROOTS International and the Huairou Commission. The inauguration GWIAs were part of the Expo 2000 in Germany and were sponsored by the Family Department of the German Federal Government, the German Divison of SOS Children’s Villages and the Huairou Commission. The initial Grassroots Women’s International Academies (1998 – 2000) took place at the SOS Mother Center in Salzgitter-Bad, Germany. |
