Mukamana Claudette
2024 Fellow
Vice Mayor, Social Affairs - Ministry of Local Government
Mukamana Claudette worked in Local Government as vice mayor in charge of social affairs during 6 years where she was responsible for the Social Protection Unit, Education Unit and Health Unit. More than that, she had the responsibility to take care of women’s development and being their voice with different stakeholders. Mukamana also had the responsibility to Gender Based Violence and to fight against family conflicts.
Today Mukamana is Chairperson of Rwanda Patriotic Front at the cell level where she is working with women, youth and other stakeholders to be the voice of members in their life. In 2022, she had the opportunity to participate in a workshop in Sweden on empowering women in Leadership and she had a project about encouraging poor women to do the small businesses through training and advocacy among partners so that they can access the capital. This project has already reached over 500 women.
Mukamana has a Masters Degree in Education Leadership and Management from Mount Kenya University and now she is ready to start her PhD in Education Leadership and Management.