Bio

Fatou is a mission-driven social justice leader with significant experience in strategic planning, coalition building, partnership development and financial stewardship to achieve impact for women and girls. She has close to fifteen years of progressive leadership experience in non-profit, consulting, and multilateral development sectors. Fatou holds technical skills in gender, protection, design and tech enabled programming in humanitarian and emergency operations. She has pivoted to strengthening her technical and leadership skills in global health, with a focus on women’s health. An avid writer, Fatou has contributed to two New York Times Bestseller books and has written Op-eds for Al Jazeera, Amnesty International, The Huffington Post, The Journalist, Open Society Foundation, and others. Fatou is a well consulted public speaker and thinker on Africa’s governance and policy issues, gender and climate action, public health. emergencies and leadership. She is on a mission to prioritize and power African women’s reproductive health by uplifting gynecological care.