Katherine Fleming International Development Award
Honouring a Legacy. Investing in African Women Leaders. Strengthening Communities
Established in 2000, the Katherine Fleming International Development Award honours the life and legacy of Katherine (Katie) Fleming, a St. Francis Xavier University graduate who dedicated her career to advancing the well-being and rights of children in Africa.
For more than 25 years, the award has supported African women leaders to strengthen their leadership, learn with others, and advance positive change in their organizations and communities.
Katherine Fleming
Learn about Katie’s life, work and the legacy that inspired the award.
Women Leaders
Meet the women whose leadership and community work continue Katie’s legacy across Africa.
Leadership Course
Discover the Katherine Fleming Women’s Leadership Course for African Women Leaders.
Investing in African Women Leaders
Help us continue Katie’s legacy.
I would like to thank the individuals and institutions that made this training possible… your resources, kindness, and generosity [is] not in vain. By enabling a few of us to participate, you have planted a seed.
Change Happening Now
Alumni Voice – Channels for Children’s and Youth’s Voice in Mombasa’s COVID-19 Response (Kenya)
In Mombasa, Kenya, organizations have decided to work together to address various children’s issues in the advent of COVID-19. The Mombasa County Child Rights Network (MCRN) is composed of organizations working for and with children. As a network we are focusing on child protection as a major governance issue, and are enabling children to participate, speak out, and create messages on COVID-19 to the world.
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.