Deadline: Wednesday March 22 2023
The MILEAD Program is a paradigm-shifting leadership initiative that equips exceptional young African women with the relevant skills, knowledge resources, and the supporting ecosystem to become the next generation of leaders and agents of change on the continent. Our investments in transformational leadership continue to inspire and equip a new generation of women leaders on the continent. The building blocks of the program consist of identifying Africa’s most promising emerging women leaders; enhancing their capacity and visibility through training, mentoring, media exposure, peer exchanges and networking; and facilitating their access to opportunities to serve and for their professional, academic and personal advancement. The MILEAD Fellows Program is currently one of the most competitive and most impactful leadership programs on the continent. We are building a robust leadership movement that is intersectional, Pan-African, and multi-generational and engaging their communities to foster paradigm shift and social change.
Program Objectives
- Identify, prepare and connect up a network of Africa’s most promising emerging women leaders from across the continent by 2025 through a yearlong paradigm-shifting leadership development as a new cadre of women leaders who are equipped and positioned to lead and influence decision-making on critical issues on the continent. To empower them with the skills, knowledge, values and networks they need to succeed.
- Provide an eco-system to facilitate on-going access of young African women leaders to resources, opportunities to attain and thrive in leadership.
- Increase visibility for young African women’s leadership and achievements through highlighting/promoting the leadership and accomplishments of Fellows and mentors- while using their success stories to motivate others.
- Establish a multi-generational mentoring, linkages and dialogues to nurture on-going solidarity, growth and collective action between the new Fellows, the 242 current Fellows and other generations of women leaders in Africa.
- Nurture active citizenship and interest of the young leaders in service, experiential leadership and problem solving- as Fellows engage and address critical issues of importance to them and their communities through their community change (MiCHANGE) projects.
Criteria
Selected Fellows are chosen based on a number of clearly defined criteria that include:
- Outstanding leadership qualities and promise.
- Demonstrated interest and commitment to social justice and women’s rights.
- Proven track record involvement and accomplishments in community service.
- Demonstrated high academic potential.
- A commitment to mentor younger girls and to implement a community project (MiCHANGE) that addresses a critical issue of importance facing their peers, women or their communities.
Outstanding personal qualities, including openness to interpersonal/ multicultural experience
Benefits
Program benefits for selected candidates include:
- Fellows will gain excellent skills in leadership, activism, research, mentoring, public speaking and advocacy among others.
- National to global recognition as one of Africa’s most promising women leaders.
- Access to opportunities and resources for education, professional, leadership and personal development. Fellows are supported to enter into top Universities for further education.
- Knowledge of critical cutting-edge issues such as human rights concepts, women’s human rights, leadership concepts, gender equity and social justice.
- Upon successful completion of the program, fellows become automatic members of the Moremi Fellow’s Network.
- Long term Support:
- Fellows’ achievements and initiatives are promoted through our partner networks and the media for visibility and exposure.
- Fellows will have access to readily available Moremi Initiative mentors including some of the most outstanding African women leaders.
- Fellows are supported to implement personal community leadership projects on issues of importance to their peers, school, community or country.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit the following documents by the application deadline of Wednesday March 22, 2023:
- Completed 2023 MILEAD Fellows Application Form
- Resumé/Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)
- Two letters of recommendation from professional or academic contacts
Please submit all materials by email as part of your application. Send any additional materials to: [email protected]