Courageous women inspire us to help make a better world. In honor of International Women's Day and the U.S. Department of State's Women of Courage...
Navigating Lesotho’s legal system to address gender-based violence
After her daughter's birth, 2015 Fellowship Alumna Lineo Tsikoane gave intensified her gender equality advocacy to give her daughter a better life growing up in...
An Arts-Based Approach to Reproductive Health Education
When the majority of her female students at the Agritech Institute of Lesotho were becoming pregnant and dropping out of school, 2019 Fellowship Alumna Makhosi...
Celebrating Women Leading the ML4EO Community
In honor of International Women's Day, the Radiant Earth Foundation published a list of its top 15 women who are breaking barriers and expanding the...
On International Women’s Day 2021, Women #ChooseToChallenge
This year’s International Women’s Day theme, Choose To Challenge, calls for women worldwide to challenge the status quo and stand up for an equitable world....
Alumna Featured on “Power of the Streets” Podcast
As a young girl, when 2016 Fellowship Alumna Lusungu Kalanga saw inequalities in her community, she didn’t have a language for it. Today, she creates...
Strengthening community responses to COVID-19 in Burundi
After the Mandela Washington Fellowship, 2017 Fellowship Alumnus Janvier Manirakiza founded Dreaming for Change, a nonprofit enhancing educational opportunities, economic development, food security, and agriculture...
Alumnus Launches Mobile Banking App in Zambia
In 2020, Nalituba Mudenda, an entrepreneur and 2016 Fellowship Alumnus from Zambia, launched Nalipay, a mobile-banking application that provides safe and easy payment options for...
YALI Voices Podcast: Shaban Senyange Highlights Benefits of Wildlife Conservation in Uganda
From filming in front of television cameras to planting seeds in Uganda’s soil, 2018 Fellowship Alumnus Shaban Senyange spotlights the mutual benefits of wildlife conservation.
Recognizing Anticorruption Champions Around the World
Corruption is an international problem that requires an international solution. According to a 2018 United Nations study, $1 trillion is paid in bribes every year,...