Welcome to the SHINE Open Education Resources!


There is growing visibility and discourse surrounding female leaders in the third sector but gender equality at the leadership level is “happening too slowly and unevenly.”

The SHINE Strengthening Female Community Leaders Open Education Resources will include a bespoke curriculum, trainers guide and female community leaders’ workbook designed to bring about mainstream and widespread change in the sector.

Module 1

Foundations of Contemporary Leadership

Module 2

 Identifying Strengths of Female Leaders

Module 3 

The World Needs Women to Take the Lead

Module 4 

Leadership Styles

Module 5 

Six Essential Areas of Implementing Leadership in the Third Sector

Module 6 

Empowering and Nurturing Female Leaders of the Future

Trainer’s Guide