Events

At this year’s Yidan Prize Summit, we’ll be hearing from the newly revealed 2023 Yidan Prize laureates, as well as from existing members of this special community.

CAMFED Executive Director for Learning and Engagement, Lydia Wilbard, join a panel discussion about addressing early marriage and teen pregnancy.

CAMFED Association climate-smart Agriculture Guide Chise Kabungo joined a virtual roundtable in honor of International Day of the Girl, hosted by FHI 360 and including leaders from the FCDO’s Girls’ Education Challenge and other partners. Speaking alongside other youth leaders, Chise described the effects of climate change on her rural community in Zambia, and what young educated women are doing about it.

Shungu Gwarinda, CAMFED’s Executive Director – Africa, speaks on the topic of ‘Transforming education: Overcoming crisis, improving learning outcomes.’

Angeline Murimirwa, CAMFED CEO, and Lydia Wilbard, CAMFED Executive Director: Learning and Engagement traveled to Kigali to participate in the Women Deliver 2023 Conference. They spoke at a number of sessions, including in the Education Zone hosted by the Global Partnership for Education and Echidna Giving, and strategic partners in discussion on a variety of themes including equitable education and girls’ readiness for the 21st century economy.

CAMFED’s annual online “101” event returned, hosted this year by the CAMFED Association’s Executive Advisor, Fiona Mavhinga. Fiona was joined at the event by Mercy Chirwa, a CAMFED Association member from Malawi, who has been part of our frontline efforts in response to Cyclone Freddy. Watch the conversation to learn about our history, our work, and our goals.