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Alumna Jacquiline Amongin to Represent Uganda in EALA

January 11, 2023

2017 Fellowship Alumna, Honorary Jacqueline recently won elections in Uganda and will now represent Uganda in the regional East African Legislative Assembly (EALA)

Fellowship Alumna wins her third Gourmand World Cookbook Award

December 22, 2022

This article highlights an Alumna's professional culinary journey and her venture into entrepreneurship.

How One Entrepreneur is Helping Thousands Become Bankable

December 12, 2022

One Alumna is reaching as many women as possible to help them get better access to financial credit.

Fellowship Alumnae Named BBC 100 Women 2022

December 7, 2022

The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022. Among them are two Fellowship Alumnae: 2017...

Mandela Washington Fellows tackle Climate Change through Sustainable Agricultural Practices

December 5, 2022

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

December 1, 2022

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

November 28, 2022

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

October 26, 2022

2016 Fellowship Alumna Anna Duba was selected as the 2022 Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award.

Fellowship Alumni Convene at United Nations General Assembly

October 19, 2022

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

October 19, 2022

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,...

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