Doreen Kyasiimire and Antonia Mwangi Uganda and Kenya share their impressions and experiences as Public Policy students from Carleton University and Brock University. They share their stories of how their challenges and successes led them to a wide variety of personal and professional learnings and inspiration to help African women find their voice and flourish as new leaders.
CBIE wishes to recognize that it is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabé. CBIE acknowledges and pays tribute to all Indigenous peoples who live either in the Ottawa region or elsewhere in Canada and beyond, honouring their courageous leaders of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
This episode was conducted by CBIE’s Beatriz Ela Ebang and was made possible thanks to funding from the Government of Canada and the Master Card Foundation, as well as the wonderful participation of the following alumnae of the African Leaders of Tomorrow (ALT) Scholarship Program:
Doreen Kyasiimire
Doreen Kyasiimire is an experienced and trained Gender and Public policy analyst. With a Master of Public Policy and Administration from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, she has seven years of working experience with leading NGOs and public institutions in Uganda and Canada. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Arts and Social sciences from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, majoring in Gender and Development and Social Administration. She is well-versed in policy formulation and analysis, gender and development issues, social research, and stakeholder engagements. She has been involved in developing gender training manuals, conducting gender-based training, Gender-Based Violence awareness campaigns and project planning and management. Doreen is currently working as a Programme Manager at Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women, a Non- Profit Organization in Uganda that aims at building a young women’s movement for an inclusive and violence-free society. In Canada, she worked with Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) as an intern in the Culture and Change Management Branch.
Antonia Mwangi
Antonia Mwangi, from Kenya, is a noteworthy upcoming SRHR advocate, who boldly challenges traditional laws and norms regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights. Driven by her passion for empowering women and teenage girls on sexual and reproductive health and rights, she takes pride in advocacy and interventions on these issues. She holds a BA from Africa Nazarene University where she is an active member of Phi Delta Lambda Honor Society. She earned her MA in Public Policy from Brock University where she studied as an ALT scholar. When not championing SRHR, she is running her start-up cleaning business and spending time with her lovely daughter.