Meet the women health champions of Africa

UNV West and Central Africa
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UN Volunteers Joelma Pereira and Santa-Mika Ndayiziga are among the 120 Africa Women Health Champions in 38 World Health Organization (WHO) offices in Africa. These women health champions bring the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 3 to many corners of the continent. Through the Africa Women Health Champions initiative (AWHC), UN Volunteers improve people's health and well-being, while promoting gender equality and involving wider participation of youth. 

Joelma Pereira is an international UN Volunteer from Guinea Bissau. She is a Communications Officer with UNDP stationed with WHO in Mozambique. She takes pride in being a health champion, and documents key initiatives related to environmental health, climate change, and the misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations. Joelma also oversees partnerships between WHO and different stakeholders in the health and humanitarian sector at WHO Regional Office for Africa. 

Online volunteering for gender equality

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Jennifer Klem is from the United States of America. In 2021, she started her first assignment as an online volunteer and published two projects, UNICEF 2021 Global Gender Equality Results Report and a Gender Onboarding Brochure for the new staff in UNDP Liberia.

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Empowering women economically in Bangladesh

UNV, UN Women, UNDP, and UNCDF
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Tuba Ahmad, national UN Volunteer Programme Support Officer, serves with UN Women Bangladesh under the joint programme on Women’s Empowerment for Inclusive Growth (WING) implemented by UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF). Tuba supports communication and knowledge management of WING while promoting gender equality and women's economic independence.

Tuba was one of 40 UN Volunteers recognized for their volunteering impact during the 2022 UNV Country Awards in Dhaka. She was awarded 'Champion UN Volunteer’ for her outstanding contribution to gender equality.

Voicing women's and girl's issues through volunteering

Fatima-Zahra Benyahia, international UN Volunteer Specialist, UNFPA Lao PDR
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Fatima-Zahra Benyahia is an international UN Volunteer Partnership and Innovation Specialist with UNFPA Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) since March 2022. She amplifies the voices of women and girls by documenting and sharing their stories.

Fatima-Zahra has been a volunteer for the civil society since 2008. After she began her UN Volunteer assignment, she wanted to connect with people especially youth, women and girls who benefit from UNFPA initiatives. In her role, she documents stories centering on issues of stigma and reasons that prevent women, girls, and youth from fulfilling their potential such as child marriage, early pregnancy, maternal death, and gender-based violence.

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