Deadline: 10 October 2025
Applications are open for the WomenLift Health East Africa Leadership Journey 2026. The fully funded, 12-month WomenLift Health East Africa Leadership Journey is designed to provide talented mid-senior career women leaders in health with the sate space to explore their authentic leadership through vulnerability and reflection, an inclusive and diverse network which fosters a strong sense of belonging, tools and strategies for enhancing their voice, presence, and influence – all the while being supported by a powerful group of peers, mentors, and coaches. The program imparts contextualized tools and frameworks to address the individual, organizational, and societal challenges that women leaders in global health face today.
Participants engage in two in-person experiential learning residencies (Immersion and Lift-Off), in addition to virtual learning touchpoints, virtual group mentoring, virtual one-on-one coaching sessions, and importantly, a self-directed Health Leadership Project – all the while being supported by their Leadership Journey community and experts in the health.
Global Fellows – those who successfully complete the Leadership Journey – will be part of a lifelong network of allies at local, regional, and global levels who continue to support each other and new cohort members and advocate for women’s leadership.
Cost
There is no cost to participate if you are selected. All program costs, including travel and lodging, are covered.
Eligibility
- You identify as a woman;
- You work in a role that focuses on public health policy, practice, and/or research (Your work and partnerships serve populations at the national or regional level in East Africa and may include practicing public health, producing research and innovation, creating or implementing policy, supporting health service delivery, or managing teams/departments or projects/grants in public health.);
- You have 10-25 years of experience working in public health in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
- Tanzania, South Sudan, Ethiopia);
- You are an East African national and reside and work within East Africa;
- Possess ease in written and verbal communication in English.
Participants are required to be living in the EAT (East Africa Time) or CAT (Central Africa Time) time zone for at least 75% of the program, as we believe time zone compatibility is essential to your ability to engage with your peers within and outside of the touchpoints. The program will run from March 2026 – February 2027.