Maimouna YADE

Executive Director

JGEN Senegal Women Global Entrepreneurship

Maimouna Yade is a young Senegalese feminist, and a lawyer specialised in gender, development and human rights. Since 2012, she has led several organisations of young Senegalese women and girls, and worked extensively on generational change in Senegalese civil society. She is a member of the Hustlers office of the African Union Special Envoy on Youth [2020 to 2022]. She has led organisations of young women leaders such as AFRIYAN/Girls- a female-led initiative which covers nearly thirty- five countries in Africa. She was also a president of YWA Senegal Youth Women for Action and currently Executive Director of JGEN SENEGAL._x000D_
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Event Schedule

DAY 1

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
04:30 pm EEST	06:30 pm EEST	Prevention, Support and Accountability: Combatting Sexual Violence in West Africa Concurrent Room MH 1-1	The session will be structured as a round table panel discussion. The moderator will facilitate a 50-minute exchange of knowledge and varied perspectives with the goal Read More The session will be structured as a round table panel discussion. The moderator will facilitate a 50-minute exchange of knowledge and varied perspectives with the goal of understanding emerging contextual shifts around the drivers, prevalence and impact of sexual violence on women, girls and gender-diverse persons in Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal. This session will also spotlight the best practices around resourcing, innovations and partnerships through initiatives — such as the KASA! Initiative which is an anti-sexual violence resource collaborative between FORD Foundation, AWDF and the Open Society Initiative West Africa. A 30-minute session for questions and answers will follow to engage participants in further deepening reflections around improved resourcing, innovations and partnerships to end sexual violence, and close with 10 minutes of networking and connecting between participants. Session format: Thought leadership Organized by African Women Development Fund & Ford Foundation Read Less Speakers Khadijah Abdul-Samed Communications and Gender Officer Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency Vivour Adeniyi Titilola Moira Nkiru Executive Secretary Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency Laila Yahaya Executive Director One Love Sisters, Ghana Maimouna YADE Executive Director JGEN Senegal Women Global Entrepreneurship Pontso Mafethe Director of Programmes African Women's Development Fund OLUFUNKE BARUWA Regional Program Officer: Gender, Racial & Ethnic Justice The Ford Foundation