Application Deadline: 15 January 2027
Applications are now open for the 2027 Katherine Fleming Women’s Leadership Course for African Women Leaders. The Katherine Fleming Women’s Leadership Course is designed as a collaborative space for African women leaders, both experienced and emerging, to connect, learn, and grow. Over six days, participants will explore and apply practical tools and frameworks that strengthen leadership skills and drive action for economic agency, justice, and inclusion.
This immersive learning experience invites you to recognize and build upon your unique assets and gifts as a community leader while fostering a supportive network of peers. Together, we will focus on community-led, community-driven approaches to social change, enabling you to lead with confidence and create meaningful impact.
The course is a co-learning space, where women leaders from across Africa can learn and share tools and concepts to grow both their individual and community leadership. To ensure a broad range of perspectives, the course will be co-facilitated by a team of facilitators who bring a broad range of approaches in women’s leadership related to movement building.
FACILITATORS:
Saliwe Mutetwa-Zakariya
Kate Ibeanusi
CO-HOSTS:
Dr. Sharon Adetutu Omotosa, Director, International Media and Information Literacy Institute
Dr. Martha Fanjoy, Director of Programs, Coady Institute
DURATION:
6 days
COURSE TYPE
In-Person
COURSE LOCATION:
Abuja, Nigeria
Requirements
The course is for African women leaders who are:
- emerging leaders from mid-level civil society organizations that align with co-operative movement, economic empowerment, protecting children, education, creating assets, health, and/or gender equality; and
- seeking to improve skills and capabilities required to enact economic agency so that women can build toward sustainable livelihoods.
Benefits
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply Leadership Frameworks and Tools: Analyze and apply diverse leadership frameworks and associated tools to address challenges faced by women leaders.
- Identify Community-Based Practices for Change: Evaluate and propose community practices, values, and actions that support women’s leadership and contribute to socio-economic development.
- Reflect on Lived Experiences for Growth: Critically reflect on personal leadership experiences to identify at least three strengths and motivations that inform future practice.
- Create a Leadership Action Plan: Design and present a detailed action plan outlining steps to implement leadership initiatives within their context.
Time Requirements
- This is a 6-day in-person course located in Abuja, Nigeria. Participants are required to arrive on May 16 and depart on May 23, 2027.
- The course will be delivered from May 17 – May 22, 2027.
Bursary
- Coady Institute is committed to ensuring that participants working with marginalized communities around the world have access to its courses. This commitment is supported through bursaries made possible by the generous contributions of individual and institutional donors.
- Accepted participants will receive a full bursary covering course tuition, accommodation, breakfast and lunch, and the graduation celebration supper during their participation in the course in Abuja, Nigeria. The bursary will be applied directly to each participant’s account.
- Participants are responsible for covering all other expenses, including evening meals, travel to and from Abuja, visa fees, cancellation insurance, and incidental costs. Emergency medical insurance is also strongly recommended. Please note that travel bursaries are not available for this course.
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