Meet the women health champions of Africa
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
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.