Global Change Leaders
Class of 2017
The Global Change Leaders Program is a seven-week education program offered by Coady Institute’s International Centre for Women’s Leadership. This program enables women from developing countries to strengthen their leadership capacities in order to contribute to innovation and change in their organizations and communities. Program participants engage in learning grounded in real world experiences and focused on Coady’s core thematic areas. Through a shared learning environment with other emerging women leaders from around the world, participants are exposed to a range of experiences and the beginnings of a potentially lifelong network of support. To learn more about this program, click here.
Sama Sayed Ali
Project Manager
Community Empowerment of Refugees in Egypt Terre des hommes, Egypt
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Mwanga Mastullah Ashah
Executive Director
Islamic Women’s Initiative for Justice, Law and Peace (IWILAP), Uganda
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Smita Dharmamer
Head, Community Strategy
The Aangan Trust, India
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Ha Thuy Do
Private Sector Engagement Program Manager
Oxfam in Vietnam
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Angelina Jara Garcia
Community Psychologist, Health Educator
EPES Foundation (Popular Education For Health), Chile
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Roksana Hoque
Senior Research Associate
BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), Bangladesh
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Mary Merlin James
Chief Functionary of SMIDSs
Founder-Director of Peace Voices Stella Maris Institute of Development Studies and Peace Voices India
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Shirley Kimmayong
Founder/Executive Director
Hagiyo Organization Inc., Philippines
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Zamira Komilova
Social Policy and Social Protection Expert, European Union’s Human Development Support Programme
Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan (MoHSP)
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Jackie Lidubwi
Television Producer
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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Dumase Dumisani Mapemba
Communication, M&E, Research Manager
Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC), Malawi
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Majubere Margaret Mofolo
Enterprise Development Officer
Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO), Lesotho
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Carina Osio
Communication Responsible
Proyecto Biocultura y Cambio Climático, Bolivia
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Laila Ait Oujamaa
Financial Manager and Coordinator
Seven’arts Association for Socio-Cultural and Artistic Development, Morocco
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Mahitab Saad
Program Officer
The Cairo Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA), Egypt
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Wasila Sufyan
Senior Development Planning Officer
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana
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Patricia Sugi
Associate Production Manager
Girl Effect, Rwanda
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Sandra Winarsa
Project Manager
Green Energy Hivos Southeast Asia, Indonesia
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Marshet Abate Woldeab
Gender Expert
Justice For All-Prison Fellowship Ethiopia
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