More than 100 Indigenous leaders from across the country and beyond are traveling to Antigonish this week to take part in Coady Institute’s Indigenous Women in Leadership (IWCL) program’s Alumni Gathering, Nov. 1 to 4, at St. Francis Xavier Univerisity in Mi’kma’ki, the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people.
How does one go from working with street kids in Lagos, Nigeria to a university classroom in Antigonish, Nova Scotia? For Matuluko Ephraim Oduboye it is through a lot of hard work and sacrifice.
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Thirty-five community leaders from thirteen countries around the globe celebrated their accomplishments as they each graduated from one of Coady’s three new thematic certificate offerings: Promoting Accountable Democracies, Building Resilient Communities, and Strengthening Inclusive Economies.
ATECA Conference is a multi-disciplinary collaborative leadership forum – an event that brings together communities of practitioners, innovators and investors in the training, learning and development industry as well as the human resource development field.
From supporting women’s reproductive health in Zimbabwe and empowering youth through art therapy in Indonesia, to increasing women’s participation in news media in Togo and developing women leaders in the conflict-affected region of Gaza Strip. The 2019 Global Change Leaders are prepared to create positive social change in their communities.
“For my mother, development in Africa and women’s empowerment were very important goals. I just know that were she here today, she would be so proud of the work Yvonne has done and continues to do to empower women and girls to use tools like entrepreneurship to lift themselves out of poverty.”
Participants from Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda will participate in experiential learning – in classroom and community – in the areas of Building Resilient Communities, Promoting Accountable Democracies, and Strengthening Inclusive Economies over a three-week period.
Eighteen women leaders from 18 countries graduated September 27 from Coady’s Global Change Leaders program in a ceremony with participants, staff, community members, and family.
Dr. Mamatha Achanta is a women’s and children’s rights activist, pro-bono lawyer, and founder of Tharuni – a non-government organization working for the welfare of adolescent girls and women.