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[PHOTOS] African women leaders to join Sirleaf Presidential Center

They include serving ministers, MPs, senior government advisors and activists.

by The Star

Sports03 May 2023 - 18:23

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In Summary

• The initiative launched in 2022 seeks to inspire and prepare the women to take up roles and excel in the highest echelons of public leadership.

• EJS was founded in 2018 by then Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first democratically elected woman President in Africa.

Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during the unveiling of the third cohort of Africam women leaders to join the Amujae Initiative in Nairobi on April 30, 2023.

The third cohort of 12 African women leaders selected to join the Amujae Initiative, a flagship programme under the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (EJS) Presidential Center for Women and Development has been unveiled.

They include serving government ministers, MPs, senior government advisors and activists engaged with issues ranging from economic development to gender equality and youth empowerment.

Former South Africa's first lady Graca Machel (left) with former Malawian President Joyce Banda during the unveiling of the third cohort of Africam women leaders to join the Amujae Initiative in Nairobi on April 30,2023.

Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga is part of the group.

EJS was founded in 2018 by then Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first democratically elected woman President in Africa.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (left) has a word with Janet Mbugua and Agatha Gichana during the unveiling of the third Cohort of Amujae leaders in Nairobi on April 30, 2023.

The initiative launched in 2022 seeks to inspire and prepare the women to take up roles and excel in the highest echelons of public leadership.

Some of African women leaders selected to join the Amujae Initiative pose for a photo at a Nairobi hotel on April 30, 2023.

Amujae leaders with their coaches at a Nairobi hotel on April 30, 2023.

Kirinyaga Governor Ann was among the women in the second cohort.

Former South Africa's first lady Graca Machel address an audience during the event in Nairobi on April 30, 2023.

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