Ulanda Mtamba

Ulanda Mtamba is a Malawian campaigner for education who is against child marriage. She became a President of Rotary International in Limbe and named on the BBC's 100 Women list as one of the world's inspiring and influential women in 2023. She was the country director of Advancing Girls Education in Africa (AGE Africa). 9% of girls in Malawi were married by the age of fifteen in 2022. Quotes “What I do is a ministry of its own. I dedicate my life to ensuring that girls access quality education, sexual and reproductive health services, as well as know their rights,” “People did not value education, especially for girls. Few families sent their children to school. Fortunately, my family valued education and ensured I attended classes.” “I was given a place at Mzimba Secondary School. I did my forms three and four and was selected to study forestry at Mzuzu University in 1998. However, my dream was to become an advocate for girls’ rights. So, I turned down the offer,” “There were a lot of young people, especially girls, getting infected with HIV. Through my research, I discovered this was girls are always on the receiving end. They have little power to demand the use of protection during sex. This made them vulnerable to contracting the virus. So, I wanted to find out what interventions were being pursued to bring more options to empower girls to protect themselves from HIV,” External links Category:Living people Category:Advocates Category:Activists Category:Human rights activists]]