Today marks the first day of the ‘16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’ campaign. In 2020, the initiative led by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership aims to mobilize governments and organizations under a shared aim of eliminating violence against women and girls (VAWG),...
Our warmest congratulations to Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield for her selection by US President-Elect Joe Biden as his nominee for US Ambassador to the United Nations. ...
Former President of Malawi and Amujae Coach, Dr. Joyce Banda, joined this year’s Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders to speak about the need for resilience as a woman leader, and to accept this year’s Women Political Leaders Trailblazer Award....
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Amujae Leader Oley Dibba-Wadda joined a panel of distinguished women leaders at a High Level Panel on African Women’s Political Leadership, co-convened by the EJS Center, Fundación Mujeres por África, and BPW International....
Following the release of a new written progress report, former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark spoke at the 73rd World Health Assembly to share the latest updates on The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response’s work...
The EJS Center’s “Spotlight a COVID-19 Heroine” initiative has been featured by Vanguard News. In the article, former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and our Executive Director Dr. Ophelia I. Weeks explain the aims of the initiative and encourage your submissions before the deadline on 20...
Writing in NextBillion, Amujae Leader Malado Kaba shares how governments and the private sector can work together to help African countries emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis....
Amujae Leader Oley Dibba-Wadda joined the West African Leadership Summit 2020 to speak about leadership in times of COVID-19, emphasizing the important role of women leaders in overcoming the challenges posed by this pandemic and beyond. ...
Amujae Leader Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Mayor of Freetown spoke to Elena Bonometti from community empowerment organization Tostan about the importance of local governance and the need to build trust to deliver change....
Amujae Leader Malado Kaba joined the Milken Institute Global annual meeting to talk about how African countries can “build forward” after the COVID-19 pandemic....