MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 22, 2021
Lisa Herb
Edmonds resident Lisa Herb has made it her mission to advocate for the equitable treatment of women on a global scale.
In 2005, Herb founded the Alliance for International Women’s Rights (AIWR), and serves as its director. AIWR supports current and future women leaders in developing countries, with a current focus on Afghanistan. AIWR creates connections between Afghan women and skilled professionals through long-distance empowerment programs like English as a Second Language (ESL), and by mentoring legal practitioners.
The inspiration for AIWR began when Herb, a Seattle-based attorney, traveled with her husband, a wildlife biologist, to Mongolia in 2003. Looking for ways to stay busy while her husband worked, she decided to volunteer with women’s rights organizations and discovered she had a true passion for it. She helped women write emails, acted as a language liaison and assisted a women’s rights organization