Katherine Fleming Award Recipients
Coady Institute has presented the Katherine Fleming International Development Award to 25 different women from 13 different African countries.
In 2025, Coady Institute offered first Katherine Fleming Leadership Course for Women Leaders in Africa for woman leaders. Individual Katherine Fleming award recipients and leadership course participants continue to work within their organizations and communities to better the lives of youth and women through economic empowerment, protecting children, providing educational opportunities, creating assets, bettering health, and/or promoting gender equality.
Learn more about these women leaders.
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Award Recipient Furthers Work in Name of (late) Katherine Fleming
Grace is the Executive Director for the Foundation for Women Affected by Conflicts (FOWAC) in Uganda, where she has founded a new initiative inspired by Katherine Fleming’s legacy, called Skilling the Girl Child.
IDW: Decent Work and Economic Growth for Women in Zimbabwe
“You just have to find ways to survive somehow. And like most women, we have to just look at wherever the opportunities are and go for it.”
GAWN supports women in creating and maintaining income opportunities through self-employment. They offer workshops in enterprise and finance, networking and peer-support opportunities, and host business exposure visits.
Coffee with Coady Celebrates 20 Years of Katherine Fleming International Development Award
“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.”
2025 Katherine Fleming Leadership Course for Women Leaders
Melesech Jira, Ethiopia
Tsegenet Mulu, Ethiopia
Christine Otinga, Kenya
Susan Mwape, Zambia
Rebecca Karagwa, Uganda
Millicent Kaleem, Ghana
Neo Limpet Thekiso, Botswana
Annet Irene Khaoya, Uganda
Joyce Bazira, Tanzania
Hanadi Abdelraheim, Sudan
Blen Zenebe, Ethiopia
Naomi Belachew, Ethiopia
Palikena Portpher Kaude, Malawi
Anna Sangai, Tanzania
Mariamagdalena Msae, Tanzania
Yordanos Tesfaye, Ethiopia
Sara Fereja, Ethiopia
Haregewayn Belay, Ethiopia
Yisfaalem Gelaye, Ethiopia
Lensa Fogi, Ethiopia
Zegeyesh Taye, Ethiopia
Madeline Zutt, Canada
“The training opened opportunities for collaboration and exchange of experiences in addressing challenges faced by women, regardless of national boundaries. This stems from the reality that the challenges faced by women leaders across African countries are often quite similar.”