Mobility International USA (MIUSA)

Mobility International USA (MIUSA), founded in 1981 and based in Eugene, OR, empowers people with disabilities to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development. MIUSA hosts the Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), which brings together women nonprofit leaders with disabilities from across the world to build their capacity for leadership, learn about resource mobilization, strengthen international networks for advocacy, and support and plant seeds for collaborative relationships, in order to advance human rights and opportunities for women and girls with disabilities around the world. This grant provides Mobility International USA with flexible support for general operations.

Mobility International USA (MIUSA) annually holds the International Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD),  which convenes women with disabilities from Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East to build capacity for leadership, strengthen international networks for advocacy and support, and plant seeds for collaborative relationships, in order to advance human rights and opportunities for women and girls with disabilities around the world. MIUSA delivers  virtual WILD workshops in 2021 and in-person portions of its WILD program in summer of 2022.

Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is a disability-led, non-profit organization, whose mission is to empower people with disabilities to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development. With this award, MIUSA will conduct the 9th International Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), which will bring together 20 women with disabilities from Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, for an intensive, three-week training program. The program is designed to build leadership capacity, strengthen international advocacy networks, and catalyze collaboration, in order to advance human rights opportunities for women and girls with disabilities. Following the program, to be held in Eugene, Oregon, participants will receive small grants to lead WILD workshops in their home countries, reaching as many as 400 women with disabilities at the grassroots level.