Biography

Awa Coly is a professional committed to gender equality, youth empowerment, peace, and security. She is studying Sociology at Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University and has experience in community mobilisation and citizen participation.

She was among the pioneering Peace Ambassadors of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and has worked as a Programme Assistant. She is interested in women’s leadership, governance, and community development. She has also participated in mobilisation, research, and governance initiatives with APEL-JFF and in data-collection activities with ANSD and ECO-ACCESS Sénégal.

Awa joins CorpsAfrica with the ambition of promoting gender equality, quality education, and youth participation, particularly in Casamance.