Mireille Kayeye (Mimi)

Mireille Kayeye (Mimi) has over seven years’ experience using media and communication for social change. She started as a radio journalist of health-related programs and is currently the communication specialist for Fhi360. She is passionate about reporting on HIV, malaria, and maternal, reproductive and sexual health with a view of positively transforming Burundian’s lives. As the youth program coordinator of REAVI, a network of associations that fight violence and injustice against women, she organizes activities to educate girls on gender issues, youth leadership, and empowerment. Mireille Kayeye (Mimi) is currently launching the BAHO center, a space where raped girls who want to reintegrate school can leave their children. Mimi holds a Master’s in International Development, Politics and Gender from the Australian National University, focused on the trafficking of African women for forced labor in Australia that has gone unnoticed by African and Australian governments. She will continue helping vulnerable girls and empowering women.