In her work as a member of the Tanzania Gender Networking Program (TGNP) – one of five partners in Engage! Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship – Jovita Mlay supports community members in entrepreneurship and advocacy approaches to increase women’s...
It was four years in the making but there were a lot of smiling faces and plenty of enthusiasm as partners from around the world gathered at Coady Institute early this summer for four days of meetings. Representatives from all partners of the ENGAGE! Women’s...
As the research and women’s program coordinator at Centre Haitien du Leadership et de l’Excellence (CLE), Assuntha Fleurant’s time with the Engage: Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship project has not only improved the lives of women across Haiti but also...
On a recent trip to Bangladesh, Engage project manager Eric Smith met with representatives of the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) and travelled to the country’s Southwestern region to visit some of the project’s sites and speak with some of...
The Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) has opened applications for the 2024 Sister-to-Sister feminist peacebuilders leadership program. Women are indispensable in peacebuilding though historically overlooked and marginalized in formal peace processes. This understanding,...
Aubrey Rose Apps is a recent graduate of Queen’s University’s Global Development program. During her time at Queen’s, Aubrey joined and co-chaired a student-based advocacy group called Consensual Humans. “I want to improve the student experience and reduce rates of...