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.
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“Each [recipient] has been an exceptional person, doing great things for their communities and the causes they have championed. Hearing their stories, and what the award means to them, inspires us, and gives us some satisfaction that our efforts to honour Katie by enabling others, has been achieved.”
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“I am proud to be one of the few young ladies to get this kind of award,” Grace says. “The award has given me strength to do even more.”
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.”