Back then…
2013 was a critical year for Joannie Bewa, aged twenty-three then. She was already practicing as a Medical Doctor in her home country- Benin. She had already been serving her community in the areas of reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, women’s leadership and civic participation for the previous five years.
It was this year that she was named one of Africa’s Most Outstanding Emerging Women Leaders by the Moremi Initiative for Women Leadership in Africa and therefore awarded the prestigious MILEAD Fellowship 2013. To kick-start (more…)