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Published: 29 Dec 2022 1,276 views
The Mwele Malecela Mentorship (MMM) Program for Women in NTDs aims to increase gender equality in representation and leadership by developing and supporting mid-career African women to become leaders and champions in NTD elimination at national and international levels. Using an innovative gender-intentional approach, the MMM program’s objective is to increase the overall coverage, effectiveness and impact of NTD interventions by ensuring the support to enable women to overcome gender barriers in access to leadership while also acquiring skills and resources that enable them to be influential leaders and agents of change. The program is being implemented by a consortium of partners led by the WHO Regional Office for Africa.
The gender-intentional approach to our mentorship prioritises programs that address the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination that impede women's advancement in leadership roles. In this regard, the Mwele Malecela Mentorship Program is committed to selecting diverse cohort members representing different sectors (public, private, academia, NGO, philanthropy), disciplines, and cultural backgrounds.
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| Application Deadline | 15 Jan 2023 |
| Country to study | |
| Type | Fellowship |
| Sponsor | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Gender | Women |
The Mwele Malecela Mentorship (MMM) Program for Women in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) supports mid-career African women to become leaders and champions in NTD elimination at national and international levels. NTDs and other Tropical and Vector-Borne Diseases (TVD) Programmes are part of and contribute to the work of the Universal health coverage/Communicable and non-communicable diseases (UHC/UCN) cluster in the WHO African region. WHO/AFRO is leading this program in collaboration with The END Fund and the American Society for Medicine, Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (ASMTH). Aligned with the Global NTD Roadmap, the MMM program will provide mentorship, training and networking opportunities over two years to cohorts of women from 2023 to 2030.
Using an innovative gender-intentional approach, the MMM program aims to increase the overall coverage, effectiveness and impact of NTD interventions by ensuring the program support for women to overcome gender barriers in access to leadership while also acquiring skills and resources that enable them to be influential leaders and agents of change. The program integrates a gender lens into the design and implementation of the critical program components, including (a) Mentorship Program Design & Selection of Awardees, (b) Mentorship Program Implementation and (c) Mentorship Program Mgt., Review, and Evaluation.
You are eligible for consideration if you meet all the following criteria:
The mentee selection process will take place in two stages:
Stage 1 – Background information and CV
Stage 2 – Exploration of interests and mentee’s experience
If you have questions regarding the application, please email: [email protected]
Application, Notification, Onboarding Timeline
Open Application Period: Initial Application period closes January 15, 2023, by 11:59 pm (GMT+1).
Notification Period: We will notify applicants if they have been selected to proceed to a more in-depth Round 2 selection process on January 30, 2023.
We will notify applicants of their overall acceptance status on February 28, 2023.
Acceptance & Pre-Orientation Period: The accepted mentees will be asked to confirm their participation by early March 2023, after which we will begin matching to a mentor and onboarding.
Program Launch: Orientation commences the week of March 30, 2023.
For more details, visit WHO website.