Four 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni - Kwame Owusu Ansah, Akua Oforiwa Darko, Asher Mustapha, and Priscilla Tawiah - are collaborating on an Alumni Engagement...
Working Across the Gender Divide in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
Each year on November 25, 2022, people around the world observe the International Day to End Violence Against Women and the beginning of the 16...
Empowering disability inclusion activists across Sub-Saharan Africa
Through a recent LINC Grant collaboration, Fellowship Alumni organized a convention that reached over 280 disability rights activists across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Alumna Receives Global Nursing Award
2016 Fellowship Alumna Anna Duba was selected as the 2022 Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award.
Fellowship Alumni Convene at United Nations General Assembly
Alongside the UN General Assembly, Fellowship Alumni and members of the Fellowship Network hosted and attended events to connect and accelerate progress toward the pressing...
Supporting women and girls with skills for financial independence
Rhoda founded the Song-Ba Empowerment Centre, an organization that supports women and girls in identifying sources of livelihood by training them in smock weaving, sewing,...
Fellowship Alumni Selected for 2022 AEIF Grants
Congratulations to the 67 Fellowship Alumni whose projects were selected for 2022 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) grants!
Promoting conservation and inclusive development through ecotourism
2021 Fellowship Alumnus Veridique Musambaghani Kakule from the Democratic Republic of the Congo uses a novel approach to tourism to address the problems facing his...
She Stands for Peace Podcast: Creating Enabling Environments for Peacebuilding
"She Stands for Peace" is a podcast series that explores the state of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Africa, through a series of...
Alumnus Helps Build Zambian Businesses
When Gordon Abraham Mutale was selected for the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship in the U.S., his plan was to use the opportunity to enhance his...