The Mawazo Policy Fellowship Programme

About

The Mawazo Policy Fellowship Programme is a six-month non-residential fellowship programme for young African women conducting policy-relevant research in Africa. Fellows can be nationals of any African country provided they are under the age of 45. They will receive a grant worth up to US$2,500 and a discretionary stipend worth US$250 for fellowship activities. 

The Fellowship Programme provides hands-on experience with policy engagement through access to policy platforms and funding for policy activities through a grant. Policy Fellows also benefit from the opportunity to participate in policy events and activities organized by Mawazo and/or partner organisations.

The 2021 Mawazo Policy Fellowship Programme will run from 1 April 2021 to 31 December 2021.

Meet the Mawazo 2021 Policy Fellow

Sahra Koshin (Puntland, Somalia)

Mawazo’s 2021 Policy Fellow, Sahra Ahmed Koshin, is a Somali-Dutch PhD Candidate at the University of Nairobi and the University of Copenhagen, researching gender issues in Somalia with a focus on diaspora humanitarianism in complex crises. Sahra is the inaugural beneficiary of the Fellowship Programme and the Founder and Director of the Somalia Gen, a leading centre for research on women and gender in Somalia. The Somalia Gender Hub’s aim is to advance studies on gender issues and the provision of data and evidence on gender impacts in order to make progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in Somalia.