Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Chepkemoi Magdalene, Nazira Sheraly, Aiturgan Zulpukarova, Elena Chigibaeva, Gulzire Minbaeva, Fatima Abdulaziz Sule, Olayinka Ayo, Safiya Aliyu, Pamela Chukwumeka, Ijeoma Ezika

  Country: Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria

  Region: CSA, SSA

  Cohort: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

  Project/Action: Three alumnae teams awarded 2019 AEIF grants

  Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Empowering Women and Girls, Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth, Youth Engagement

  This week, it was announced that three TechWomen alumnae teams were awarded a U.S Department of State 2019 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) grant. The alumnae projects, based out of Kenya, Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria, were selected out of more than 1,400 project submissions.
  Kenya’s North-Rift Women in STEM Inclusion Project , co-led by 2019 fellow Chepkemoi Magdalene, will host bootcamps on coding and the digital economy for nearly 500 underserved women and girls in the North Rift region of the country. The team also plans to award 30 of the participants a year-long mentorship opportunity. Kyrgyzstan’s TechAim was created by 2016 fellow Nazira Sheraly, 2017 fellow Aiturgan Zulpukarova and 2018 fellows Elena Chigibaeva and Gulzire Minbaeva. The mentorship program supports women and girls, particularly those outside of the capital city, to grow and develop their STEM skills and expand their knowledge in business, leadership project management and more. MAAMI Nigeria, originally a TechWomen 2018 seed grant-winning initiative from fellows Fatima Abdulaziz Sule, Olayinka Ayo, Safiya Aliyu, Pamela Chukwumeka and Ijeoma Ezika, is a mobile health literacy program that aims to provide underserved mothers access to safe, relevant and customized pre- and post-natal health information.​

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  Report Date: 11/4/2019

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  Fellow(s): Heather Richbourg

  Country: United States

  Region: US

  Project/Action: Mentor awarded Chancellor Award for Advancement of Women

  Title: Post-Doctoral Fellow

  Company: University of California, San Francisco

  Mentorship Type: Professional

  Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls, Professional Growth

  Last month, TechWomen Professional Mentor Heather Richbourg was recognized with the UCSF Chancellor Award for Advancement of Women. Each year the award recognizes and honors one faculty, one staff and one student at UCSF who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, inclusion and advancing other women in their field and beyond.
  Heather is a NIH-funded postdoctoral researcher in the department of Orthopedic Surgery at UCSF, focusing on studying genetic variations contributing to craniofacial and brain defects during early development. This year, she mentored Emerging Leaders Hanan Khalil of Jordan and Rudo Siwela of Zimbabwe. In her UCSF video feature, Heather said, “I think it’s so important to promote women in sciences. I’ve always been so inspired to help other women when so many women paved the way for women like me to be able to do what I love and do great research.”​

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  Report Date: 11/4/2019