A pan-African feminist with roots in Cameroon, Françoise Moudoutheis passionate about supporting African feminist movements to thrive. That commitment has guided her career choices for over a decade. Early in her career, Françoise supported The Eldersin setting up Girls Not Brides, the global civil society partnership to end child marriage, and spearheaded its growth in Africa, both on the coalition-building and the regional advocacy fronts. She later founded Eyala, a bilingual platform that amplifies the voicesand lived experiences of African feminists and provides them with learning and solidarity spaces. In January 2021, Françoise became the CEO of the African Women’s Development Fund, a feminist fund that resources, strengthens and upholds women’s rightsand feminist organisations and movements across Africa. Françoise co-chairs the Board of Prospera, the International Network of Women’s and Feminist Funds, and sits on the Board of the Equality Fund. She is a former Board member of the Malala Fund,Womankind Worldwide and WATHI Think Tank. In 2021, Françoise was nominated by Apolitical as one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy. She is part of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders (class of 2022) and a 2024 Skoll Fellow.
