Pathfinder and its partner organizations train and work with the WACs to help them become agents for social change, emphasizing the dangers of female genital cutting and early marriage and the importance and benefits of safer sexual behaviors, maternal and child health care, and family planning. Highly respected by their communities, WAC members are in a unique position to gain community trust and pave the way for CHWs to introduce their lessons and family planning methods. The WACs have embraced their role and have had great success in influencing change at the district level. To ensure their impact at the village level, many communities have formed.
