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MMEG TALKS: Acting for Sustainability

How can sustainable practices in nutrition, health, and urban planning improve the lives of women and children? At our next MMEG Talks, MMEG grantees Oluchi Ezekannagha, Batool Fatima, and Thandeka Tshabalala will talk about the role of education in nutrition, the importance of mental health in global health initiatives, and the impact of urban planning on community health, all with a view to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, advocating for gender equality, and developing sustainable communities.

Join MMEG TALKS: Acting for Sustainability at 12 noon (EDT), Tuesday, April 9, 2024

 

Thanks to MMEG's Trinity Program Selection Committee

Thank you to the Trinity Washington Selection Committee for all its work in ensuring the continuity of MMEG’s Trinity Washington University Program. The Trinity Program is unique among MMEG’s programs in that its grants are open to all Trinity's women students, irrespective of nationality and immigration status. The program was originally established to acknowledge MMEG’s location in Washington DC and it is hoped that MMEG recipients will continue to contribute to the local community.

The Selection Committee is made up of seven members, from six different countries, with varied backgrounds and a range of experience: international development, economics, nursing, sociology, business management  and financial markets. Their collective expertise has been invaluable in overseeing the selection process.

This year the MMEG grant is awarded to a candidate in the field of occupational therapy who demonstrates ambition, vision and perseverance in the face of great personal adversity. She exemplifies the values MMEG strives to support and will doubtless be able to translate her student success into her future professional world in Washington, DC.

The Selection Committee, as always, played an essential role in this process of finding the right candidate. The MMEG Board offers our deepest gratitude for the volunteers’ work, and we look forward to our continuing collaboration.

Thanks to the 2024 LAC Selection Committee

MMEG’s Board of Directors would like to thank and congratulate the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Selection Committee for completing another successful selection process; on January 11, 2024, they proudly presented 10 exceptional women who stood out from a large pool of applicants.

The LAC Selection Committee is composed of dedicated volunteers with nine different nationalities and from various professional backgrounds, who work hard toward a common goal: reviewing submitted applications to identify the extraordinary and exceptional women who might join our family of grantees.

LAC grantees for FY 2024 are citizens of five different countries, currently studying at one of the program’s partner universities. Their fields of study are social anthropology, development & international relations, gender studies, health & nutrition, political science, sociology, gender law, medicine, and political sociology. They are enrolled in bachelor’s, baster’s, or PhD programs.

These grantees have demonstrated their commitment to work and volunteer to assist the vulnerable and disadvantaged communities throughout their careers. 

Through their professional and study plans, they confirm their dedication to uplift the lives of women and children in developing countries.

The diversity in our grantees’ fields of study confirms that women are catalysts of positive change in all elements of their communities!

Read about the grantees here.

La Junta Directiva de MMEG desea agradecer y felicitar al Comité de Selección de América Latina y el Caribe (LAC) por completar otro proceso de selección exitoso; el 11 de enero de 2024, presentaron con orgullo a 10 mujeres excepcionales que se destacaron entre un gran grupo de  aplicantes.

 El Comité de Selección de MMEG en LAC está compuesto por voluntarias con nueve nacionalidades diferentes y diversas carreras profesionales, que son muy dedicadas y trabajan arduamente con un objetivo común, revisando las solicitudes presentadas para identificar a las mujeres extraordinarias y excepcionales que podrían unirse a nuestra familia de beneficiarias.

 Las becarias de LAC para el año fiscal 2024 son ciudadanas de cinco países diferentes, que actualmente estudian en una de las universidades participantes en el programa. Sus campos de estudio son Antropología Social, Desarrollo y Relaciones Internacionales, Estudios de Género, Salud y Nutrición, Ciencias Políticas, Sociología, Derecho de Género, Medicina y Sociología Política. Están inscritas en programas de Licenciatura, Maestría o Doctorado.

Estas becarias han demostrado su compromiso a través de su trabajo y su voluntariado para ayudar a las comunidades vulnerables y desfavorecidas a lo largo de sus carreras. Al presentar sus planes profesionales y de estudio, confirman su dedicación a mejorar la vida de las mujeres y los niños en los países en desarrollo.

La diversidad en los campos de estudio de nuestras becarias confirma que las mujeres son catalizadoras de un cambio positivo en todos los elementos de sus comunidades.

Lea sobre las becarias aquí.

Our Impact: 2018 grantee Eileen Contreras Cerdeña

Eileen Contreras Cerdeña is a psychology professor, artist mediator, and social activist from Peru. In an interview, she shared how funding from Margaret McNamara Education Grants (MMEG) enabled her to complete her graduate studies and created opportunities for her to give back to her community, break taboos about sexual violence, and accompany Amazonian women to build a safer and more inclusive future. Read more.