Dear Reader, 

Hello from the other side of our Wellness Break!

Every August the entire Mawazo team takes 3 weeks to slow down completely. No internal meetings, minimal external meetings, and more flexible work hours. We all try to spend more time doing things that require more focus time such as planning, brainstorming, and completing those tasks that we keep putting off. It also gives us more flexibility to dedicate some additional time doing the things we love such as spending time with our families and our hobbies, and ultimately refresh and realign with our goals. 

We have found this time invaluable to not only work on tasks that have been on our desks for a long time, but also to adjust our relationship with work. More importantly, it creates more healthy ways to engage at the office for the rest of the year while also helping us to make one final push in the crazy busy last quarter of the year. 

With Kim’s departure, we are left with big shoes to fill, and the Board could think of no one more suited to serve as our next Board Chair than Astrid Haas, especially as we explore scaling models for our work. She has a wealth of experience in feminist urban economics and has worked extensively supporting evidence-based policy reform in various government and non-governmental organisations. We cannot wait to learn more from her and lean on her expertise and ideas to strengthen and expand our work!

As we continue to move towards the last quarter of the year, with some huge changes afoot, we have the opportunity to reflect on our journey with the release of our 2023 Annual Report!

Please join us in celebrating our wins, hear directly from the women whose research and PhD journeys we support, and tackle some big ideas by reading through your copy today!

Everything we do, is with your support. If you feel so inclined, please donate here to support the next African changemaker. 

All the best as we head into September, we can’t wait to tell you what else we have been up to!

With gratitude, 

Fiona Moejes, PhD.