Times Higher Education Campus, 4 March 2022:

“My life is testament to the transformative power of education. Growing up in a resource-poor community in rural Zimbabwe, I almost missed my chance to go to school. Now I lead the organization that supported my education, CAMFED, and I am a founding member of the CAMFED Association—the network of 178,000 women across Africa educated through the organization’s program and dedicated to turning the tide of poverty for the next generation. We are a powerful movement of female changemakers, showing what is possible when you unlock women’s leadership potential.

What needs to be done to ensure girls can access and succeed in higher education?

Higher education is a vital stepping stone to securing women’s economic independence and agency, yet just 8 per cent of women in sub-Saharan Africa are enrolled in tertiary education, decreasing to 1% in countries like Malawi, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. How do we change the default settings that exclude so many women from this opportunity, and better pave the way for girls to access and succeed in higher education?”

In this article, our 2020 laureate, Angeline Murimirwa shares the story of Enelesi from Malawi. Enelesi’s journey embodies not only the challenges vulnerable girls face, but also the opportunities we have to rewrite the story.

Read the full article here.