Aminata Kamara

Senior Program Manager / Co-leads: Resourcing Resistance

Purposeful

SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER/ CO-LEAD RESOURCING RESISTANCE
Aminata is a feminist activist and an adolescent girls programme specialist. She is passionate about designing, implementing and managing programmes that create an enabling platform for girls, young women and non-binary people to use their voices, promote their interests, and lead strategic life-affecting decisions for themselves.
She has managed youth-led participatory grant-making initiatives at Purposeful, which centres youth resource allocation and decision-making on their peers.
She is passionate about engaging philanthropies with learnings from young people to inform strategic decision-making processes, resource allocation and amplification of the needs and interests of young people, especially girls.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

DAY 2

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
04:30 pm EEST	06:00 pm EEST	Where is the money? Funding adolescent girls and young feminists Concurrent Room MH 4-2	In 2020, only 5.47% of global ODA was gender- and adolescent-targeted. Yet, in LMICs, 25-30% of the population is made up of youth and adolescents. These funding gaps Read More In 2020, only 5.47% of global ODA was gender- and adolescent-targeted. Yet, in LMICs, 25-30% of the population is made up of youth and adolescents. These funding gaps showcase the need for direct investments into girls. AGIP and partners thus call on all donors and decision-makers to shift resources to adolescent girls and young feminist-led initiatives. This intergenerational dialogue, hosted by adolescent girls, brings together adolescent girls, young feminist-led organisations, donors, researchers, and intermediary CSOs to identify challenges, showcase innovative solutions, and workshop what needs to shift to make funding more accessible for adolescent girls and young feminist-led initiatives. Session format: Whole System in a Room Organized by AGIP (lead organizer), Amplify Girls, GAGE/ODI, Girls Not Brides, Plan International, Save the Children Read Less Speakers Joselyne Mucunguzi Izere Project lead at Impanuro Girls Initiative Impanuro Girls Initiative- A young women led non governmental organization Liz Lum Women Deliver Young Leader Women Deliver Mayerli Yomara Montufar Mendoza Leader / Spokesperson Red Las Niñas Lideran [Girls Lead Network] Silvia Guglielmi Research associate Gender and Adolescence Global Evidence (GAGE) / ODI Aminata Kamara Senior Program Manager / Co-leads: Resourcing Resistance Purposeful Sumitra Aryal Student National Adolescent Girls Network, Nepal

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
12:30 pm EEST	02:00 pm EEST	Girls at the Center: The Power of Partnering with Communities to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Side Event Kigali Convention Center - Room AD 10-2	Join Amref Health Africa, The Girl Generation and its partners, Population Council, Power to Youth, Y-ACT and Youth Power Hub for an interactive session on shifting Read More Join Amref Health Africa, The Girl Generation and its partners, Population Council, Power to Youth, Y-ACT and Youth Power Hub for an interactive session on shifting approaches, creating positive impacts and contributing to putting an end to the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) including FGM/C. The session will present evidence and explore what we mean by ‘girl-centered programming’ and how it works, and why this is a key approach to end FGM/C. Practical examples and lessons will be shared on why and how special attention is given to protect and support survivors and front-line activists. Organizer: Amref Health Africa Read Less Speakers Leyla Hussein Global Advocacy Director TGG/ALM Options Consultancy Services Ltd. Saza Faradilla Co-Founder End Female Genital Cutting Singapore Hannah Kumera Chairperson of Amref Youth Council Amref Health Africa DENNIS MATANDA Research Associate Population Council Aminata Kamara Senior Program Manager / Co-leads: Resourcing Resistance Purposeful Sadia Hussein Women Rights Advocate Brighter Society Initiative BSI

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