Hikmat Baba Dua '' WOMAN ON FIRE ''

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 Hikmat Baba Dua is the Founder and Executive Director of League of Young Female Leaders; a registered non-profit organization focused on advancing the status of girls and women in Ghana through mentorship and advocacy coupled with a charity module. She works with LitWorld International and Global Girls Rising as Tamale Regional Coordinator for the 10,000 Global Girls Initiative.
In 2013, she was awarded the MILEAD Fellowship as one of 27 most promising women leaders in Africa by the Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa.
She is also A World at School Global Youth Ambassador, a Global Startup Youth, a Fellow of the International Development Summer Institute and a 2015 Fellow of Vital Voices. She has also been named among 200 young leaders by Women Deliver with a 3 year fellowship award.
Hikmat holds a BA in Sociology and Social Work (major) with Political Science (minor) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. She received various awards at the KNUST including the Personality of the Year Award (2012) at the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Awards, KNUST where she served as a proactive student leader. She is currently pursuing an MPhil in Development Studies at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana.
Hikmat is passionate about Africa, education, women’s/ girls' empowerment, human rights, social entrepreneurship, good governance and development. She is also a staunch advocate against child/forced marriages and all forms of violence and discrimination against girls and women.
She is hopeful the fellowship will among other things equip her with the necessary skills, knowledge and resources to start an education academy which will also serve as a learning center during summer for out of school girls; broaden her network for mutual benefit; and help her contribute to the African narrative positively.

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