My pursuit of a scholarship for postgraduate studies began during my tenure at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The UNDP environment, characterized by highly educated individuals, many with dual...
14/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
13/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
12/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
11/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
10/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
09/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
06/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
05/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
04/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the...
03/05/2022 The 19th and 20th May, a hundred of women leaders from Africa, Latin America and Europe will hold a major meeting in Madrid. Under the name ‘Women’s Bridges. Proposals from the South...
21/02/2022 Español Dr. Fadipe, from Nigeria, holds a PhD by the University of Lagos, Cell Biology and Genetics (Nigeria) and she has worked there since 2014 as a Principal...
14/02/2022 Khadija Lamin Sesay is a young woman from Sierra Leone. She has completed a Master's degree in Management at EADA Business School in Barcelona through a scholarship from...
20/01/2022 We begin 2022 with great enthusiasm! We celebrate ten years since María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, its founder and president, presented in Madrid an innovative and ambitious project...
November 25 -Decembre 10, 2021 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a sad day when we remember that almost 1 in 3 women has...
23/11/2021 Jezawu Issah and Domyirimber Hawa are two young Ghanaians who have started their degree in Business Administration at the Canary Islands Business School (CIBS) in Las Palmas. A dream that has...
16/11/2021 With the reopening of borders, the students of the Learn Africa scholarship program are starting to join Spanish universities in person. This is the case of Fatuma Abdillahi Ali,...
18/10/2021 Dr. Tulinayo Fiona is a lecturer at the College of Computing and Information Science of Makerere University, Uganda. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Radboud University, Nijmegen...
11/10/2021 Today, we present you with a new beneficiary of Science by Women. She is an investigator from Senegal who has recently joined the University Institute of Biomedical and Health Research of...
20/09/2021 Dr. Adombi, from Côte d’Ivoire, holds a PhD by the Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan-Cocody, Côte d'Ivoire. She is currently an assistant professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and also...
13/09/2021 Dr. Jroundi, from Morocco, holds a PhD by the Institute for Global Health (University of Barcelona, Spain), with fellowships of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). She is currently...
01/09/2021 Dr. Adel, from Egypt, holds a PhD by the University of Cairo (Egypt). She is a senior researcher in Sustainable and Biomaterials isolated from agricultural wastes and is specialized...
27/07/2021 "My dream is to be able to solve problems that the real world faces, such as problems related to air pollution and greenhouse gases" Dr. Ndiaye, from Senegal, holds...
20/04/2021 She has just received an Erasmus+ recognition from the SEPIE (Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education) for her work at the University of León. Naday came to Spain...
30/03/2021 Dr. Mona Said Mahmoud, Egyptian, has returned to Madrid after the lock-down imposed by the pandemic to resume her research at the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII). She is...
February 11th, 2021 Brenda Namumba (1986) is one of these women who break glass ceilings. In Zambia, her country, she has been the first woman to obtain a PhD in...
30/06/2020 "I try to study my notes, but there are things that needs to be taught in school before you really understand" Covid-19 is a deadly disease which has spread...
29/06/2020 Madonna Mamdouh Metry, last year student of Hispanic Philology at Ain Shams University. She was a beneficiary of the Learn Africa Scholarship Program in 2018/2019, thanks to which she...
25/06/2020 Florence Mugeha Opaka, B.Eng. Electrical & Telecommunications, studied a Master in Technologies, Systems and Communication Networks, at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, thanks to the Learn Africa scholarship program....
15/06/2020 María Vázquez-Dodero is a member of Fundación Amigos de Rimkieta (FAR), a foundation that provides comprehensive assistance to children in Rimkieta, one of the poorest suburbs in Ouagadougou, the...
10/06/2020 Hanene Bessaklia (Argelia) is a hydraulic engineer and has a Master’s in Water Science and Management. She belongs to a network of ex-interns from the programme ‘Learn Africa’, through...
04/06/2020 She is one of the girls of the Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone (GESL), a social impact organization that nurtures and enhances the leadership skills of young girls to become effective advocates...
02/06/2020 Martha Ogochukwu has a degree in Political Science and was a beneficiary of the Learn Africa scholarship programme in 2018-19, thanks to which she studied a Master's degree in...
29/05/2020 Mona Ellaithi holds a PhD in Human Genetics from Al-Neelain University/ Lübeck University-Sudan/Germany and is currently an Assistant Professor in Human Genetics at Al-Neelain University, Khartoum. She was part...
27/05/2020 Olga Namasembe, is part of our network of African university students who have benefited from a Learn Africa scholarship in collaboration with Spanish universities. Olga studied a Master in...
26/05/2020 Josie Rakotovoavy, Graduate in Spanish Philology in Antanararivo, teacher and translator In 2018-19 she did a Master in Spanish as a Second Language at the UCM within the framework...
25/05/2020 Violeth Kazumba is working in the Water Supply and Sanitation Authority in Tanzania. She was a benefiary of African Women Foundation scholarship at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,...
21/05/2020 Leliana de Oliveria, studied a Master in Energy and Sustainability at the University of Vigo within the Learn Africa scholarship program, which promotes university education for African women Cape...
20/05/2020 Eugénie Eyeang is Lecturer in Didactics of Languages at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Libreville and director of the Centre for Applied Research in the Arts and Languages (CRAAL) ...
18/05/2020 Mariama Badji is the Director of Communication of Cora and President of Africa Feliz Senegal. She lived several years in Spain and was one of the African women who...
14/05/2020 She is one of the girls of the Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone (GESL), a social impact organization that nurtures and enhances the leadership skills of young girls to become...
13/05/2020 Jestina Mukoko is the National Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, an organization that monitors human rights violations, disseminating information on the human rights situation in Zumbabue. She is...
12/05/2020 Mona Ellaithi holds a PhD in Human Genetics from Al-Neelain University/ Lübeck University-Sudan/Germany and is currently an Assistant Professor in Human Genetics at Al-Neelain University, Khartoum. She was part...
11/05/2020 Caddy Adzuba received the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord in 2014 in recognition of her struggle for freedom of the press, the reconstruction of peace and human rights,...
07/05/2020 Poems, songs and performances against the coronavirus Martha Korok is a teacher in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. She was a beneficiary of the "Kakuma Scholars" programme...
06/05/2020 Purity Kathamby holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance option) from the University of Nairobi and she was a benefiary of African Women Foundation scholarship at the Universidad de Granada...
05/05/2020 Boumad Souad, Academic license in Chemical Processes Engineering, studied one year at the University of Malaga thanks to a Learn Africa scholarship. Covid-19 provoked a wave of voluntary mobilisation...
04/05/2020 We transcribe a telephone conversation between a mother in Yundum, a village near the capital Banjul, Adama Jammeh, and her daughter, Nato Jammeh, who lives in confinement in Madrid....
30/04/2020 Shiraz is an entrepreneurial Tunisian woman who lives between her country and Spain. She currently works as an International Consultant. She participated in a meeting of African women entrepreneurs...
29/04/2020 Michelle Lora is an Ivorian writer and academic. She has been vice-president of the Writers' Association of Côte d'Ivoire since 2011. A cultural ambassador, international speaker on gender, culture...
28/04/2020 Samukelisiwe Dube, lives in Johannesburg and is studying French at the University of Pretoria. She has been awarded a Learn Africa scholarship and studied at the University of La...
27/04/2020 Véronique is a Hispanist and teaches Spanish at the University of Libreville. She is also the Director of the Escuela Normal de Libreville. In 2014 she took part in...
24/04/2020 Maïmouna Dioncounda DEMBELE is a woman committed to women's equality in Mali and a human rights activist who works in several organizations that defend these values. A few years...
23/04/2020 Janie Danielle Raharivola is a professor at the University of Antananarivo and President of the Association of Teachers of Spanish in Madagascar. She was one of the participants in...
22/04/2020 Mariama Badji is the Director of Communication of Cora and President of Africa Feliz Senegal. She lived several years in Spain and was one of the African women who...
21/04/2020 The Democratic Republic of Congo faces coronavirus pandemic at same time as Ebola epidemic (Aline has a Law degree and is doing her PhD on women's access to justice...
20/04/2020 Irene de Conceiçao Mendes, from Mozambique, is Hispanist. Since February 21 (if I am not mistaken), the first cases of contagion have been announced in Mozambique. Currently, official data...
17/04/2020 Filomena was the second woman to graduate in journalism in Equatorial Guinea. She has worked as a journalist on RTVGE. She was one of the beneficiaries of a scholarship...
16/04/2020 Sifau Adenike Adejumo, PhD in Environmental Biology with a specialization in Environmental Crop Physiology. She was part of the Science by Women programme and carried out her research at...
15/04/2020 Njukeng Jetro Nkengafac, PhD in Chemistry, at the University of Buea-Cameroon. She is Head of Research at the Agricultural Research Institute for Development in Cameroon. She is one of...
15/04/2020 Dr. Rashidatu has a degree in Medicine and Surgery and a Master's degree in Tropical Infectious Diseases. She is now pursuing a doctoral program in epidemiology and public health,...
14/04/2020 Harriet is a beneficiary of the Learn Africa scholarship program. She is studying a Master's degree in Nanoscience at the UPV/EHU and was able to return to her country...
13/04/2020 In Ethiopia, the first coronavirus case was reported on 13 March and the victim was identified a Japanese citizen. After this, responsible authorities tried to approach all individuals who...
13/04/2020 Hello everybody! I am Tigist Fekadu doing my doctoral degree in Spain by the sponsorship of Learn Africa Scholarship Programme facilitated by the Women for Africa Foundation (Fundación...
11/04/2020 Dr Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga holds a PhD in Economics - Rural Economy and Policy analysis, from the Makerere University of Kampala, Uganda, where she is a senior lecturer specializing in...
10/04/2020 I am Lamia and I come from Nador, a city in the North-East of Morocco. I am a research student in a law firm, specializing in expropriations, and I...
09/04/2020 My name is Terefine MK Angula, a Namibian beneficiary of the Learn Africa program by the Mujeres por Africa Foundation. COVID-19 has caused devastating ripple effects and significant disruptions worldwide,...
08/04/2020 Mpule estudied in Madrid a Master Dynamics of Cooperation, Conflicts and Negotiation in International Relations and Diplomacy within the framework of the Learn Africa scholarship programme in UAX. Before there were...
07/04/2020 From Equatorial Guinea I inform you that the situation of Covid 19 here is similar to that of other countries in Africa and the rest of the continents. But...
06/04/2020 Afia has a degree in Physics in Ghana and studied a Masters in Nanoscience at the Universidad del País Vasco, with colaboration of CFM and DIPC, within the framework...
04/04/2020 I am Mona Said Mahmoud from Egypt, a follower of Science by Woman 4th edition The situation in Egypt is full controlled. Since mid-March, the Egyptian government has taken...
04/04/2020 The Egyptian government made excellent preventive measures as they suspended schools and Universities even before any covid-19 case being diagnosed among students or the teaching staff members. Also, all...
03/04/2020 As of 31st March 2020, Malawi has no any confirmed case of the Coronavirus but preparations and prevention measures are being put in place by the government. A lot...
02/04/2020 I sigh a lot when things are trying. Many times unknowingly. Of late, the sighing has increased. Even I am beginning to notice. But this sighing is not unwarranted....
We welcome Hoda Elkenany. She is one of the beneficiaries of the #Sciecebywomen program. She has a degree in veterinary medicine and is currently a professor at the University of...
01/04/2020 In this post we also include the stories of Secelela's daughters. Virgina, 8 years old, Petra, 10 years old and Ave-María, 13 years old, have wanted to leave us...
31/03/2020 I am Miryam. I am 25 years old, and I live in Rabat-Morocco. I work as a Business Developer in a business matchmaking company, specialized in import-export. My country...
30/03/2020 That’s all we needed… COVID 19 has arrived here! It was inevitable, even if I hoped that some kind of "natural justice of things" would make this pesky coronavirus...
28/03/2020 Living with Coronavirus in Nigeria So hopeful were we when we heard that the Coronavirus cannot survive in hot temperate regions, only to wake one day to a different...
27/03/2020 Rana Mahmoud, PhD in Medicine and Surgery, Heba Abdelmaksoud, PhD in Physics and Samar Mohamed Attaher, PhD in Agricultural Engineering are three prestigious Egyptian researchers and scientists. A few...
27/03/2020 Martha Korok, 21, comes from South Sudan and has been in the Kakuma Refugee Camp (190,000 people) in Kenya, since she was 4, where she is a teacher. Thanks...
26/03/2020 Hi, I'm Otelma Borges, MxA Scholar, Master 2018. I'm in Cape Verde, on the island of São Vicente. My country is essentially a tourist and migratory country, so I...
24/02/2020. This Nigerian scientist is one of the new 16 African researchers of the Sciencebywomen program who will join the teams of different Spanish research centers in the next few...
21/02/2020. Hoy se celebra el Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna con el objetivo de promover el multilingüismo y la diversidad cultural y evitar la creciente desaparición de estas lenguas....
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