Emma Mong’ute is the founder of the Amandla MEK Foundation. Founded in 2019, the organization seeks to address issues around gender equality, and empowerment for women and the youth. She has half a decade of progressive experience in advocacy for gender equality and championing for human rights. She is currently a Project Management Masters’ candidate, a further study from her Bachelor of Education (Arts) degree. She has represented Kenyan Human Rights Defenders at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Africa, in addition to coordinating National Campaigns to harness women’s voices in realizing their political agendas. She is also a board member of two organizations, having worked with different organizations to support their interventions toward realizing social justice with a bias in gender equality. She has supported Amnesty International as an outreach coordinator among other organizations and Young Women Leaders Connect (YWLC) as the head of the governance department. Other than its founder, Amandla MEK comprises of a pool of diverse experts ranging from impeccable administrator, gender, environment, development, finance, monitoring and evaluation professionals. As such, we are well equipped to address emerging development needs and their dynamics with gender lenses.
