Sefora Marcelle Kodjo

Sefora Marcelle Kodjo is the president of Sephis, an association for sustainable development in Africa. For many years she has been working effectively to promote gender equality, women’s rights, and female leadership in Côte d’Ivoire where Sefora Marcelle Kodjo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Through Sephis, Sefora lectures meetings and conferences in different universities in order to explain to young girls the real challenges they should get involved in. One of the topics she regularly lectures on is women’s empowerment, which she considers an important issue in the development process. Upon completing the Washington Fellowship, she hopes to share her new knowledge with her community by implementing new projects to improve living conditions of women in Côte d’Ivoire for real change.