Women have a crucial role to play in facing the climate crisis, and their leadership and decision-making are needed for an effective climate action. African climate advocates and feminist activists are now participating at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), addressing their concerns, methods and suggesting solutions to achieve climate and gender justice. On…

Nala Feminist Collective (Nalafem) Founder and Chair Aya Chebbi, won the 2022 POWER, TOGETHER award behalf of Nalafem. She will be feted with the award during the Rwykjavik Global Forum for Women Leaders on 8-10 November, 2022. The award was due to Nalafem’s work of using power to advance society, to change and move things…

Nalafem Launches First Strategic Plan On Monday, October 24, 2022 Nala Feminist Collective (Nalafem) launched the inaugural five-year strategy (2023-2027). The virtual event was broadcasted live on Nalafem social media and co-created by an outstanding panel of speakers to announce and endorse Nalafem’s strategy and roadmap for the next five years. Nalafem Founder and Chair,…

Nalafem COP27 Delegation: Young African Women Activists to amplify Africa’s voice in addressing the climate crisis Nala Feminist Collective (Nalafem) with support from Malala Fund and Purposeful organization will be sponsoring 8 young African women activists to attend the UN Conference of Parties 27th Session Conference. The conference will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt…

Aya Chebbi is a multi award-winning Pan-African feminist. She served as the first ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. Over the span of the past decade, she has single-handedly transformed the youth participation space across Africa and created various online and offline platforms with

Aya Chebbi is a multi award-winning Pan-African feminist. She rose to prominence as a voice for democracy and shot to global fame as a political blogger during 2010-11 Tunisia’s Revolution. She received the 2019 Gates Foundation Campaign Award and was named in Forbes’ Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women and New African Magazine List of 100…

Generation Equality Forum to drive major policy reforms and generate over USD 40 billion in new investments Paris, 30 June 2021 — Heads of State and Government, heads of international organizations, activists from civil society and youth-led organizations, philanthropists and CEOs of private sector companies gathered today for the opening of the Generation Equality Forum held…

The Generation Equality Forum, a series of global gatherings to celebrate the progress achieved in gender equality, is currently ongoing in Paris. Meanwhile, a new online tool aims to bridge the gap between people and governments on ambitious gender equality action by 2030. The tool helps to forecast progress on gender equality or the lack

“We need to do something differently this time. We need to use this historic moment to do something differently. And my generation is calling for a new approach to leadership, intergenerational co-leadership because we cannot inherit systems we didn’t co-design…“ —Aya Chebbi, first-ever African Union special envoy on youth and youngest diplomat Over the course

Aya Chebbi is at the forefront of mapping out a new future for women in Africa. At 33 years old, the Tunisian diplomat is the first ever African Union (AU) youth envoy (she was appointed in 2018), has a degree in International Relations and was the youngest appointee at the AU during her two-year term