Françoise Moudouthe

Biography

A pan-African feminist with roots in Cameroon, Françoise Moudouthe is the CEO of the African Women’s Development Fund, a feminist fund that resources, strengthens and upholds women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa. Earlier in her career, Françoise supported The Elders in setting up Girls Not Brides, the global civil society partnership to end child marriage, and spearheaded its growth in Africa. She later founded Eyala, a bilingual platform that amplifies the voices and lived experiences of African feminists and provides them with learning and solidarity spaces. At AWDF, Françoise now works at the intersection of philanthropy and feminist movement-building. She serves on the Boards of the Equality Fund and Prospera, and is a former Board member of the Malala Fund and Womankind Worldwide. She is a 2024 Skoll Fellow and a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders (class of 2022).