The Young Women’s Leadership Institute (YWLI) is a feminist centre of excellence for young women’s leadership.    

·         We are the driving force that motivates and sets precedence to anchor transformative leadership in young women.   

·         We lead in creating spaces, through unconventional feminist platforms, to embrace and collaborate with embryonic groups.   

·         We are a centre of knowledge regarding the rights of young women in Africa and the Diaspora.   

We carry out our mission by:    

·         Equipping young women with feminist leadership skills;   

·         Creating spaces that facilitate young women to lead social change;   

·         Sharing information and resources on the status of young women.  

By Eunice Kilonzo

“If growing up is painful for the Southern black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat,”

Maya Angelou – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

She wrote her mind, she wrote her experiences, she wrote about us. In her husky, big and rhythmic voice, Maya, originally named Marguerite Ann Johnson, laid the foundation for our stories. She spoke them, and she sang them…she made them rise.