Women of Colour Global Network

Women of Colour Global Network WOCGN is a membership service and community platform providing mentoring, coaching, events, and work

For many women of the global majority, finding support can feel complicated: culturally unsafe spaces, long waiting list...
23/01/2026

For many women of the global majority, finding support can feel complicated: culturally unsafe spaces, long waiting lists or services that don’t fully understand our lived experiences.

That’s why organisations created by and for women of colour matter.

This post highlights charities and organisations offering mental health support, community and resources you can turn to whether you’re navigating burnout, grief, anxiety or simply needing a space where you’re met with understanding.

If you know someone who might need this, feel free to share it with them. That’s how care travels.

On Wednesday 25 February, we’re gathering in London for an evening of conversation, reflection and connection with Hasee...
20/01/2026

On Wednesday 25 February, we’re gathering in London for an evening of conversation, reflection and connection with Haseena Farid, Co-Founder of WOCGN, in conversation with Nneka Orji, Senior Director, Wealth & Asset Management and WOCGN Mentor.

Together, we’ll explore Nneka’s career journey, how she navigates leadership in complex environments and what it really takes to lead with clarity and influence today.

This will be a space to pause, listen, and think more deeply about how we lead — and who we’re becoming — in high-pressure, uncertain times.

Trailblaze brings together women of colour and allies across sectors— finance, creative industries, media, education, tech and beyond — people who care about leadership that is thoughtful, accountable and human.

If you’ve been craving a room that offers perspective, connection and honest conversation, we’d love you to join us.

👉🏽 Register via the link in our bio.

📍 London | 🗓️ Wednesday 25 February 2026
Spaces are limited — we’d love to see you there.

Coming back after a break can feel heavier than people expect. There’s often an expectation to slot straight back in and...
19/01/2026

Coming back after a break can feel heavier than people expect.
There’s often an expectation to slot straight back in and perform as before.

What helps:
– slowing down before speeding up
– start with clarity on what matters now
– ease yourself back into priorities

It's about re-entering with intention.

One of the things we’re most proud of with Open Pathways is how consistently it lands with the women who join.Each cohor...
16/01/2026

One of the things we’re most proud of with Open Pathways is how consistently it lands with the women who join.
Each cohort brings together women from the UK, London and beyond — across different sectors, roles and career stages — and yet the feedback is often the same: the structure really matters.

The programme runs over six months online, which gives people time:

• to build a meaningful relationship with a mentor.
• to learn alongside a group of peers.
• roreflect, try things out at work, and come back with questions.

Open Pathways has three core elements:
• 1:1 mentoring with a senior woman of colour
• Professional group coaching (5 sessions) focused on peer connection, lived experience and practical leadership skills
• Pastoral support and regular check-ins from WOCGN, so no one is navigating their development alone

What we hear again and again is how much solidarity builds over that period — women supporting one another, staying connected beyond the programme, and continuing relationships with their mentors long after it ends.

This is a professionally delivered leadership programme. It’s supported through organisational sponsorship or individual investment so we can work with experienced facilitators, mentors and coaches, and deliver the programme with real care and depth — not one-off sessions or surface-level learning.

That investment goes into the quality of the experience: the thinking, the delivery, and the space we hold.
Many women ask their employer to fund their place, and we also offer instalment options. Access matters to us — and so does doing this work well.

If you’re thinking about joining a future cohort, this is about investing in yourself, with the right structure and support around you.
📌 Next cohort begins April 2026

DM us if you’d like a short employer-sponsorship template.

Could this be you in 2026?Starting the year with clarity.With support around you.With space to think about your leadersh...
06/01/2026

Could this be you in 2026?
Starting the year with clarity.
With support around you.

With space to think about your leadership — not just react to work.
Open Pathways is our cross-organisational professional development programme for women of the global majority who want to grow with intention in 2026.

It’s for you if you’re:
• early in your career and building confidence and direction
• mid-career and navigating visibility, progression, or influence
• senior and wanting space to reflect, recalibrate, and lead without shrinking

Across the programme, you’ll be part of a thoughtful, ambitious community — alongside peers and senior mentors — exploring what leadership looks like on your terms.

You’ll gain:
• space to reflect on who you are and how you want to lead
• practical language and tools for navigating power, visibility, and challenge
• access to senior global majority female mentors who invest in your growth
• a network providing ongoing support & accountability
Open Pathways isn’t about fixing you.
It’s about supporting you to move forward with confidence, clarity, and support.
If 2026 is the year you want to grow, learn, and lead with more ease and intention — get in touch.

Register your interest via the link in our bio.

31/12/2025

As we say goodbye to 2025, here's a look back at some special moments from our work at WOCGN...

This year has been another chapter for the Women of Colour Global Network. Our Pathways programme with The Guardian and DK entered its second and third years respectively, continuing to support women of colour in meaningful, measurable ways through mentoring, sponsorship and professional development. We also welcomed remarkable leaders, creatives, and changemakers to our Open Pathways cohorts, including women from Frieze, London Museum, Lego, BBC, and organisations across the UK and Australia, all working to lead with clarity and purpose.

One of the real highlights of the year was our community Trailblaze events — from mentor-mentee gatherings to a favourite event of mine being in conversation with Shabna Begum, CEO, The Runnymede Trust who reminded us that leadership is not just about visibility at the top, but about creating spaces where every voice can be heard.

The year was also about being together as a growing mentor group of senior women of colour. From Frieze Art Fair, to the Emily Kan Kwarray exhibition at the Tate to the cultural moments we host special mentor events throughout the year — these spaces matter. They open up conversation in a different way. They remind us that leadership isn’t just about skills, it’s about identity, perspective and belonging.

Across these programmes and spaces, we’ve seen women courageously tackle systemic challenges, build stronger networks, and expand their leadership with confidence. We’ve watched mentors invest deeply in their mentees, and mentors and mentees, sponsors and managers alike come together in powerful celebration and reflection.

None of this happens without commitment — from our partners, and from the organisations who are willing to invest in real, long-term growth and equity.

As we look to 2026, we’re energised by what’s ahead: — deeper connection, stronger leadership, and more organisations recognising that equity isn’t separate from leadership — it’s central to how power is understood, decisions are made, and cultures are shaped.

🌿 Celebrating creativity, joy and restThis time of year can feel like a sprint to the finish — closing projects, showing...
23/12/2025

🌿 Celebrating creativity, joy and rest

This time of year can feel like a sprint to the finish — closing projects, showing up for everyone, trying to “end strong.”

But what if strength, right now, looked like slowing down?
At WOCGN, we’ve been talking about how women of colour often carry the invisible work of holding things together — at home, at work, in community. And when you carry that much, you need to rest. Don’t think of rest as indulgence. It’s repair.

So this season, we’re choosing to fill our energy back up — through joy, a bit of art, and connection.

✨ Try one thing that reminds you of yourself again:

1. Revisit a favourite book — Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey or Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Tawwab.

2. Watch something that feeds your spirit — Black Cake (Disney+), Champion (BBC), or a feel-good classic with people who make you laugh.

3. Cook, dance, sketch, walk, sing — something that doesn’t need to be productive to be meaningful.
Here’s to a holiday that feels like belonging to yourself again.
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Save the date — Trailblaze returns this February for an evening of real conversation and reflection.Join Haseena Farid (...
15/12/2025

Save the date — Trailblaze returns this February for an evening of real conversation and reflection.

Join Haseena Farid (WOCGN Co-Founder & Leadership Coach) and Nneka Orji (Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal) as we explore what shapes who we are — culture, values and the kind of leadership the world needs more of.

📅 Wednesday, 25 February 2026
📍 Second Home, Spitalfields

If you’d like to attend please reserve your ticket here through the link in our bio 😊

In our WOCGN community, there are three themes that keep coming up when we talk about what helps us lead well — and lead...
11/12/2025

In our WOCGN community, there are three themes that keep coming up when we talk about what helps us lead well — and lead sustainably:

1. Carving out thinking time so we can make decisions with clarity, not urgency

2. Atually celebrating our wins instead of rushing on to the next thing

3. Asking for help early, before things get heavy

They sound simple, but they build real leadership muscle — the kind that supports confidence, groundedness and long-term growth.

And they’re a good reminder that leadership isn’t about doing everything alone or constantly being “on.”
It’s about creating the capacity to lead with intention and support.

Which of these resonate with you?
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We came across this article on burnout among women of colour and even though it’s US-focused, it still hits close to hom...
08/12/2025

We came across this article on burnout
among women of colour and even though it’s US-focused, it still hits close to home.

In the UK, 75% of women of colour have experienced racism at work, and 39% say their wellbeing is affected by limited progression. Burnout isn’t just about workload or balance — it’s also about belonging, trust and psychological safety.

For women of colour, the added weight of navigating bias and exclusion makes burnout even more complex. Prevention isn’t only about resilience training or yoga; it’s about creating cultures where people don’t have to constantly prove or protect themselves just to be heard.

If you’re interested in building workplaces of real belonging, keep an eye on our WOCGN posts and sign up via the link in the bio for our events, insights, tools and thought starters from our work.

As we wrap up the year at WOCGN, we’ve been reflecting on the words of women who’ve inspired us — and on what they teach...
05/12/2025

As we wrap up the year at WOCGN, we’ve been reflecting on the words of women who’ve inspired us — and on what they teach us about the realities of growth and leadership.

One theme stands out:
Discomfort is part of the journey.
Speaking up, taking space, trying something new, or stepping into leadership rarely feels easy — especially for women, and especially for women of colour.

But discomfort doesn’t mean we make ourselves smaller. It’s often a sign that we’re stretching into new ground.

This year, a few voices captured this beautifully:
✨ Vanessa Kingori reminds us to own our voice and ideas — even when it feels uncomfortable.
✨ Mandu Reid shows that leadership sometimes means stepping back so others can rise.
✨ Isabel Allende reminds us that real change happens when women work together, share knowledge and support one another.

These messages reflect what we see every day in our community: women navigating hard moments, finding their voice, figuring things out in real time — and still choosing not to carry things alone.
And that’s the direction we want to continue building toward.

If you’re interested in joining our community - as an ally, champion, advocate, global majority woman - and attending our events next year then please sign up via the link in our bio.

We have some brilliant events in the pipeline next year (watch this space) and looking forward to welcoming you all.

Thank you to every woman in our network for showing up for yourselves and for one another this year.

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