Technical Programme Manager in Eastern Africa for the YW4A Initiative (Kenya)
With close to 8 years’ experience, Dolphine has a strong passion for anti-gender-based violence (GBV) and disability programming. She is committed to addressing the root causes of violence and promoting human rights. Her vision for change encompasses system transformations, individual growth, and organizational development.
As a specialist in gender equality and social inclusion, she has experience in gender transformative programming, addressing the root causes of inequalities, and economic empowerment of women. She understands gender analysis, empowerment, and evaluation frameworks. In addition to that, she enjoys content simplification and delivery to various audiences on different approaches in the gender sphere.
Dolphine has worked with various projects involving women, girls, youth, and persons with disabilities, working closely with UN Agencies and County governments to ensure sustainability and a multisectoral approach.
Outside the office, she is in the farm looking after her crop or having a quiet day indoors.
Victoria Kahla (she/her) joined World YWCA in 2023. She respectfully acknowledges she lives and works on the traditional lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation (Victoria, Australia). She grew up in a multicultural family with a Scottish mother and a Lebanese father, both of whom were migrants to Australia. She lived in the UK for 10 years, working in book publishing, film, and TV, before joining the international development community.
She is an experienced development professional, with expertise in program management and youth leadership across Africa, Asia, Australia and Pacific Island countries. She is passionate about girls’ and women’s engagement, and specialises in adolescent development, safeguarding, and feminsit participatory practice in program design, implementation, and MEARL (monitoring, evalution, accountability, research and learning). She is deeply committed to making inclusive, safe space and place for girls and women both online and in person. She works in solidarity to decolonise and dismantle attitudes and practices that hold back progress towards justice for all.
She has 20 years experience in co-creating face to face and digital programs and advocacy campaigns with young women and adolescent girls’ addressing access to education, economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, mental health and wellbeing, digital access and safety, living free from violence, safer public spaces, leadership, political engagement, and climate change.
Technical Programme Manager in Middle East and North Africa for the YW4A Initiative
Monica joined the World YWCA in April 2023, she is based in Egypt where she is providing close technical support to the implementation of the YW4A initiative in Egypt and in Palestine.
With over 9 years of experience, she has a background in psychology, social work, and working on projects related to women’s rights, child development, and climate change. She is also specialized in designing and implementing MEAL systems and leading programs’ evaluations. Moreover, she worked in case management for Gender-based violence survivors with refugees for three years. In addition to her interest in facilitating trainings and working with partners on mutual goals. Her skills and experiences reflect her rooted dedication to gender equality, feminism, and a life free from violence.
Outside of the office, Monica loves theater and oil painting. She is also an accomplished author, having published a novel on refugees and gender-based violence survivors. She is happily-married to a fellow human-rights advocate, and she is a proud mother of a four-year-old son.
Finance and Administration Coordinator for the YW4A Initiative
Originally from Zimbabwe, Ndulamo (he/his) is an accomplished and solutions-driven Development Finance Practitioner with over nine years of experience in financial operations management, including financial planning, forecasting, reporting, risk mitigation, compliance, and strategic decision-making. His career history spans social entrepreneurship, development, and corporate sectors, in different finance functions that focused on accountability, continuous process improvement, strategic planning, and execution, as well as financial and thought leadership. He has worked as a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager for the US-based Velocity Global firm; Head of Finance for Shield GEO; Grants Accountant at World Vision International and a Finance and Partnerships Specialist at Lead Us Today Trust, among other mandates.
Ndulamo’s commitment to the pursuit of social development, social justice, and human dignity, leveraging financial and leadership skills to pursue such an ideal, has persistently attracted him to the development sector as evident in him joining the World YWCA team in 2023. Furthermore, Ndulamo believes that gender equality is a prerequisite to any form of development.
Ndulamo holds a Masters Degree in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School, and a Bachelor of Commerce Honors Degree in Accounting from the National University of Science and Technology.”
Executive Office and Governance Associate ( Scotland)
Originally from Scotland, Vicki joined the World YWCA in 2022 and is based in Geneva working in the World Office. She joins the team with over 20 years of professional experience in the private and non-profit sector in a variety of roles that have contributed to her having a wide array of skills and competence across administrative and governance functions.
Before joining the World YWCA she worked in the Trade Union movement, championing the improvement of workers’ rights and equality for women.
Executive and Operations Associate (Brazil)
Victoria joined the World YWCA in 2018 and currently supports the executive operations.
She applies her experience in a start-up environment to her current role. The causes of stopping Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), human trafficking, and forced child marriage are close to her heart, and she connects deeply with the work of the global YWCA movement.
Victoria has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Since moving to Switzerland in 2015, she learned French and now considers the country her new home. She enjoys reading and is a fitness geek and foodie.
Senior Specialist- Finance (Philippines and Switzerland)
Originally from Philippines, Helen (she/her) carries with her over 17 years of experience in finance and accounting. She joined World YWCA in September 2013 working with the finance and operations team. With her expertise in accounting, and her understanding of the development sector, she is working collaboratively around young women`s development and donor management.
Before joining the World YWCA she worked as an accountant for a trust in Geneva providing administrative and related financial management. Thereafter, she moved to a philanthropic office where she developed knowledge in investment accounting and philanthropic activities. She has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accountancy from St. Louis University (Philippines).
Lead – YW4A Partnership and Initiative (Zimbabwe)
Thabani (she/her) is a strategic partnerships, resource mobilization and grants management professional with 12 years of experience. With specialized expertise in sourcing funding for different thematic areas such as SRHR, HIV and AIDS, MNCH, women and girls empowerment, she joined the World YWCA in 2018.
At World YWCA, she is coordinating and guiding the development of strategic partnerships, mobilizing resources and donor building to enhance the sustainability of the World Office and the movement.
She is keen on linking her expertise in resource mobilization and her commitment to gender equality into generating revenue towards the YWCA Goal 2035 and beyond. She envisions a world where young women have better access to information and reproductive health. She carries with her a MSc. in Strategic Management and in Development Studies.
Senior Director of Strategy and Operations (India and The Netherlands)
Suchi (she/her) is a dynamic feminist leader, strategist and advocate for gender justice, youth leadership and social impact. She carries over 15 years of experience working at the confluence of gender, policy and communications technology in the non-profit, startup, parliamentary and research sectors. As the Senior Director of Strategy and Operations at World YWCA, she drives the organization’s global vision, ensuring transformative programs and advocacy efforts that center young women and girls across more than 100 countries.
With a Ph.D. in Communication and over 15 years of experience in gender, policy, and movement-building, Suchi is a thought leader in decolonial feminist frameworks, intergenerational leadership, and intersectional justice. She has led groundbreaking initiatives on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender-based violence (GBV), peace and security, and feminist leadership—working at grassroots, national, and global levels to influence policies and programs.
Suchi has been instrumental in bringing to life World YWCA’s Signature Tools- RiseUp! Leadership and Advocacy Guide, Safe Spaces Guide, Storytelling for Activism Guide and the Feminist Consultation Methodology, through a feminist, human centered design process, led by women and young women.
A strong advocate for ethical storytelling and hope-based communications, Suchi is committed to amplifying diverse lived realities and fostering inclusive leadership. She has spoken on global platforms, authored research on feminist movements, and continues to mentor young leaders in reimagining a more just and equitable world. She has been recognised by NGOCSW as one of the 50 Gender Advisors and Champions around the world.
Director of Business Operations and Geneva Affairs (Switzerland and Tunisia)
Aïda (she/her) comes with over 15 years of experience working both in profit and non-profit organisations in service of a more equal, fairer, and sustainable and prosperous future.
She joined the World YWCA in 2014 where over the years she has utilized her expertise in strategy and partnership management, general planning and management, and operations and event coordination in multiple roles.
She is passionate about taking impact based work towards helping the World YWCA and the movement achieve the goals envisioned around the empowerment of women, young women and girls. Prior to World YWCA, Aïda has worked for the World Economic Forum in Geneva, non-profit initiatives in North Africa and Switzerland, as well as in the energy sector in Canada. She carries with her dual educational background in Business Administration and International Relations.
