Muna AlhammadiCountry: YemenAdvocacy areas: Climate change, Gender justiceLanguages: Arabic, English, French Background:Muna Alhammadi’s work is centered on building effective strategic partnerships that advance climate action and gender justice through initiatives and projects related to sustainable agriculture, water management, renewable energy and other environmental priorities. She pursues this work both at the local and national level in Yemen as […]
Ikram Yassamine MekidicheCountry: AlgeriaAdvocacy areas: Women’s empowerment, climate justice, global citizenshipLanguages: Arabic, English, French, notions of Turkish. Driven by a deep commitment to social justice, Ikram’s advocacy is centered on empowering marginalized communities, particularly women and girls in the Global South. She is passionate about using her skills in law, media, and communications to amplify the voices of the
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Algeria, Fellowships
Mgusuhi MaswiCountry: TanzaniaAdvocacy areas: Gender Based Violence, SRHR, Girls Education, Economic empowermentLanguages: English, Swahili My work is driven by a profound commitment to advancing gender equality and empowering women/girls to realize their full potential. I am dedicated to ensuring that their rights are protected and their dreams are realized which is why I work to push for systemic
Yasmine Aburaya Country: EgyptAdvocacy areas: Gender equality, Human rights, Eliminating GBV against women and girlsLanguages: Arabic, English, Spanish, Italian Background:Yasmine Aburaya is a passionate advocate for gender equality and a dedicated human rights activist, focusing on eliminating violence against women and girls in the MENA region, particularly Egypt. With a master’s degree in international cooperation and protection
Mercy Wanjiru Country: KenyaAdvocacy areas: Women empowermen, Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender EqualityLanguages: English, Swahili You have not lived until you transform a life Background:A Pan-African dedicated to transform Africa and empower its people, especially the girl child by using the transformative power of story-telling. Dedicated to inspire the next generation of African leaders. A
Lilian Olivia Orero Country: KenyaAdvocacy areas: Technology Facilitated Gender Based ViolenceLanguages: English, Swahili I am passionately committed to fostering a safer, more inclusive digital world for women and girls. My work is driven by a deep belief in the transformative power of technology and the necessity of safeguarding those who are most vulnerable to its misuse. My philosophy is
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Ngala NadegeCountry: CameroonAdvocacy areas: Giving teenage mothers second chances to acquire quality educationLanguages: English, French, Fulani In 2014, I was rubbed off my educational ladder when I got pregnant at 17 in high school. Due to the stigma that follows teenage pregnancies, I was sent away from school only to return on the day of the written phase
Eucharia NkengafackCountry: CameroonAdvocacy areas: Digital inclusion, gender equality and SRHR, meaningful and inclusive youth participationLanguages: English, French (Intermediate) Eucharia Nkengafack works as a communications professional and gender equality activist. Eucharia believes that women and girls can overcome systemic barriers and stereotypes, gain access to their rights, and attain their full potential. She envisions using her communication and advocacy
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Cameroon, Country, Fellowships
Jennifer AbomngerCountry: NigeriaAdvocacy areas: Disability Rights Advocacy, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Advocacy, Gender Justices, Inclusive Education, Climate JusticeLanguages: English, Tiv As a young African woman with a disability, I am passionate about challenging the stereotypes, systemic barriers, cultural myths and miss-conceptions that constantly widen the gaps, inequalities, discrimination, marginalization and the exclusion of persons with disabilities
Gofran Abdulrahman AlabsiCountry: EthiopiaAdvocacy areas: Anti-fgm, promoting non-discriminatory family laws and practices, Women’s and children’s rightsLanguages: Amharic, Arabic, English I am an LLM graduate and researcher interested in Human Rights, especially children’s and women’s rights & International Humanitarian Law. I consider myself a Universal citizen dedicated in preventing and ending human rights violation in all regions of the
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