The second cohort of GRASP Policy Fellows convened in Mombasa, Kenya, for their first in-person training of the Women’s Leadership and Management Course (WLMC), which seeks to reinforce the skills needed to enhance leadership capacity and managerial effectiveness of women scientists and professionals who work in international research centers and multinational organizations. Halimata Sawadogo, a 2023 AWARD Policy Fellow from Burkina Faso, narrates her career journey, experience, and expectations from the WLMC course.

Listen to her thoughts and expectations of the program: