Born to Malian parents in New York City, along with her father’s career in the United Nations, Ms. Aminata Annie Soumare was exposed to different cultures at an early age. In addition to living in the United States, she spent a significant amount of time in Rwanda and Benin where she received part of her education. In 2015, Aminata studied abroad at the Read More
“An exceptional Lawyer, Activist and Feminist Icon has left us! Because she lived, the lives of many African women and girls are better, and even though she’s gone from our midst, we can stand on her shoulders to press on”, Maame Afon Yelbert-Sai, Moremi Initiative Global Read More
DR. ETTAMBA AGBORNDIP is a 2010 MiLEAD FELLOW from Cameroon. An outstanding medical doctor, Ettamba’s success in the medical profession validates our conviction that, gender is no barrier to success in any endeavor.
When we first met Ettamba, she was a hardworking 19-year old student at the University of Buea, Cameroon Read More
Moremi Initiative, in partnership with UN Women, UNAIDS and WASCI, and with support from US Embassy-Accra, convened a historic dialogue on young women and girls’ participation in the 2016 Ghana Election. Recognizing the impact that a meaningful engagement with women and girls can have on the forthcoming elections, the over 100 young citizens representing all ten regions of Ghana and diverse socio-political backgrounds, hereby put forth these collective demands to the stakeholders of the Ghana 2016Presidential and Parliamentary elections: Read More
On the 17th-20th of June 2016, the MasterCard Foundation (MCF) in collaboration with Asheshi University convened the Baobab Summit for MCF Tertiary Scholars. The Summit is an annual convening of Tertiary Scholars representing all MCF partner institutions, and serves as a platform to rally scholars for transformative change, leadership and movement-building. The space also provides scholars with options to access networks, leverage opportunities, and be inspired by mentors from several professional spheres.
As a key partner supporting Read More
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 Read More
The Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa wishes to present its new Programs Officer, Ms. Saajida Shiraz. Ms Shiraz was recently appointed as part of efforts to enhance the organizational capacity of Moremi Initiative. It is hoped by the management and Board of Moremi that, Saajida who shares the vision of the organization to “engage, inspire, and equip a new generation of transformational African women leaders” will contribute significantly to the achievement of this mandate. Read More
Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa (Moremi Initiative) hereby announces its annual call for applications for the 2015 MILEAD [Moremi Initiative Leadership Empowerment and Development] Fellows Program- to identify 25 of Africa’s most outstanding emerging women leaders.
The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term leadership development program designed to identify, develop and promote emerging young African Women leaders to attain and thrive in leadership in their community and Africa Read More
International Human Rights Day has come again, an opportunity to solemnly reflect on portions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as highlight a few of this year’s human rights concerns. Please join @moremiafrica on Twitter as we share the entire declaration in sections throughout the day.
Let us be reminded that each human being is born with dignity and equality. This dignity is inherent and can never be taken away. All human beings are born with sound mind and must be treated with respect. Read More
Despite the world’s collective governance having experienced decades of crises involving human suffering, it has failed to grasp after all this time that it is impossible to save lives while clinging to idealistic principles unfit for emergency situations. In the case of the Chibok girls crisis, the idealistic principle in question is that of non-negotiation with terrorists. The goal is to avoid sparking further use of terrorism by demonstrating that it will never work in terms of achieving specific demands. It is a noble idea–the question is, is it worth the lives of over 200 girls? Read More