WREN: Women's Rights & Empowerment Network

WREN is the voice for South Carolina women and girls. We advocate, educate and empower.

About WREN

Seen and Heard

WREN has officially launched their photovoice project with partners across the Midlands. Photographs taken by participants will be showcased in exhibits this spring as a way to shed light on the opportunities and barriers that women face.

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Health and Education

WREN advocates for policies that address the barriers that families, predominantly women and mothers, face when accessing the resources needed to make healthy and well informed decisions.
Economic Opportunity

WREN advocates for closing the wage gap. We support policy strategies that will make it easier for women to earn a living, advance in their careers, and support their families.
Leadership and Civic Engagement

WREN is committed to fostering an environment in which women are encouraged to lead and to advocate for policies that positively impact our lives and our children’s future.

Speak Out.
Join the Movement.

Now is the time to invest in South Carolina’s women, girls, and families. We need people like you joining the movement, speaking out, and leading the way toward positive change.

Advocate Stories

Sneak Peak: Seen & Heard Photovoice Project

by Megan Plassmeyer on Sep 28, 2017

Since the Seen and Heard: Women and Girls in the Midlands project launch on August 22nd, five groups of women and girls from Richland County have met and started capturing photographs that represent the opportunities and barriers faced by their communities. Next week our groups will begin unveiling their first series of photographs within their congregations. But why photography?… Read more

Advocate Stories, Policy Updates

My Off-Session Agenda

by Ashley Lidow on Oct 18, 2017

Advocate Stories, Special Events

Volunteers Needed : Photovoice Project

by Megan Plassmeyer on Oct 10, 2017

In Their Own Words

"After years of working for women's rights nationally and internationally, it is only right that I come back home to SC and do what I can to support women and girls and their families. Educating, empowering and enlightening women and girls will benefit their entire family and the communities they call home."

Jennet Robinson Alterman

Chair, WREN Board of Directors

WREN: Women's Rights & Empowerment Network

Seen and Heard

Health and Education

Economic Opportunity

Leadership and Civic Engagement

Speak Out. Join the Movement.

Sneak Peak: Seen & Heard Photovoice Project

My Off-Session Agenda

Volunteers Needed : Photovoice Project

Speak Out.
Join the Movement.