Muadi Mukenge

About Muadi Mukenge

Mukenge brings over 23 years of program and grants management, and communications experience in the fields of international philanthropy and development, women\'s rights, and global health. She is a thought leader who contributes expertise in the fields of reproductive and adolescent health, economic empowerment, social movements and human rights, organizational capacity-building, political participation, and ending violence against women. For over four years, she has led teams to set and achieve goals for resource mobilization and strategic communications for gender justice organizations. Mukenge has managed strategic grant-making portfolios for Sub-Saharan Africa, conceptualized and managed multi-year initiatives and budgets to strengthen social change programs in Anglophone and Francophone Africa, provided technical assistance and facilitated training for partners, coordinated evaluation processes and projects, and managed community education programs for international and U.S-based initiatives. Mukenge offers strong analytical and writing skills, and has substantive experience in fundraising, donor reporting, and donor engagement. She has managed complex grants funded by the CDC, bilaterals, as well as foundation, corporate, and individual grants. Mukenge is a frequent commentator on political and economic trends in Africa and U.S. foreign policy toward Africa, and is active in African Diaspora and international human rights initiatives. She has authored impact reports, articles and book chapters on women\'s rights, African development, and global health. Mukenge serves on the Board of Priority Africa Network, the Congolese Studies Association, and Eastern Congo Initiative. She is a former member of the Advisory Board of the Mastercard Foundation Africa Scholars Program at UC Berkeley, and former Board member of the African Studies Association and New Field Foundation.

Experience

1. Senior Director of External Affairs

   Madre

   Feb 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Key role: As a member of the leadership team, oversee fundraising and communications functions globally.MADRE is an international women\'s human rights organization and feminist fund. We partner with community-based women\'s groups worldwide facing war and disaster. Our mission is to advance women’s human rights by meeting urgent needs in communities and building lasting solutions to the crises women face. Our history is rooted in progressive movements for peace, justice and women’s human rights. MADRE\'s unique approach mobilizes simultaneously across three strategies: grantmaking, organizational strengthening and legal advocacy. This model enables us to use service provision and community organizing to build women\'s skills and leadership to advocate for lasting social change. We provide long-term and flexible support to groups, led by women impacted directly by war and disaster, that are small, located in inaccessible or remote areas, or below the radar of large aid agencies. Our advocacy brings community-based women into policymaking arenas and ensures that legal victories move from paper to practice.

Education

• Davidson College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

• University of California, Los Angeles

  Master of Arts (M.A.)