EMPOWERING
FUTURE
GENERATIONS
4GOOD

WHAT IF WE CAN BREAK
THE CYCLE OF POVERTY
through Girl’s Empowerment?
We can, if we become part of a systemic movement for CHANGE activating talent for good. Girl MOVE is a Grassroots Leadership Academy that creates innovative models of education to amplify talent, raise gender equality and promote sustainable transformation. We empower Girls and Women to be the next generation’s Changemakers through a mentorship model that sees every woman as a sister for impactful change. By taking part in their stories you raise the sisterhood’s voices and empower their future. And by empowering their future you plant the seed for world change.

Girl MOVE Academy was recognized by UNESCO in 2021 with the 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls & Women Education
OUR PROGRAMS

For GRADUATED WOMEN
with CHANGEMAKER Attitude
This Program activates women Changemakers, amplify their leadership skills and prepare them to design impact driven careers.
After finishing this program, the employability with impact rate for our Girl MOVERS is over 80%, after 3 months.

For UNIVERSITY
WOMEN.
This Program unleashes the future of university students facing a decisive life stage where they have to take the next step to embrace new challenges.
90% of the university women part of this program progress in their studies or finish their degree with a defined life and professional plan.
All programs are connected by a mentorship model based on sisterhood circles.

SISTERHOOD & MENTORSHIP CIRCLES
All Girl MOVE’s programs are intertwined by this special way of seeing, doing and receiving mentorship. It’s this kind of trust and inspiration arising among teenage girls, university students and Girl MOVERS that helps to promote micro teams of Changemakers. Together, they generate a systematic change within the community. A Sisterhood of Girls with different ages, causes and talents, who elevate themselves and empower each other to make a change, first in Mozambique and, then, in the World.

ASHOKA
ASHOKA, the biggest network of social innovators in the world, recognizes
Girl MOVE Academy Mentorship Model as a disruptive element that generates systemic change in the world.
Our founder, Alexandra Machado, who is also an Ashoka fellow, explains in this video how our sisterhood mentorship works and impacts the surrounding communities.





The building aims to be a symbol of women’s leadership, a reference to the world, and a centre for knowledge creation, where disruptive ideas and visions can be embraced and discussed openly.
The project deeply impacted the local and extended community and Lúrio University. 85% of the building was made of brick, produced in site with traditional techniques. Students and local neighbours were invited to participate in the building process, so the knowledge was shared. The use of raw earth as a building material was very important to dignify something that normally is considered a poor material. The project had a great impact on the community, the University and even the Nampula region.
The Eco-campus Girl Move Academy is already a two times nominee for Building of the Year by Arch Daily, in the category of Educational Architecture.
Universidade Lúrio, R. nº 4250, Km 2.3,
BAIRRO DO MARRERE
girlmove@girlmove.org
RUA JOSÉ CRAVEIRINHA, 198
MARTA ROFF
STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGER MZ
marta.roff@girlmove.org
AV. DEFENSORES DE CHAVES, 69, R/C ESQ
MARA SANTOS
STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGER PT
mara.santos@girlmove.org
OUR TEAM

ALEXANDRA MACHADO
Founder & CEO

RITA MEGRE
Academic Director

MARTA FIGUEIREDO
Sustainability Director

JOANA LEITE
Program Director

ROSÁRIO LEITÃO
Financial Director

SHEILA MIQUIDADE
Program Director

CRISTIANA PEREIRA
Grassroots Director

MARA SANTOS
Head of Partnerships

MARTA ROFF
Head of Partnerships

INÊS BARRETO
Program Director

INÊS ALEXANDRE
Head of Digital Ecossystem

JÚLIA NIHIPO
Head of Sisterhood & Mentorship

RAFAELA PINHEIRO
Head of Innovative Methodologies

YARA RIBEIRO
Program Coordinator

DIANA ABREU
Head of Funds & Impact Development

JESSICA MATAVELE
Project Manager

JOANA JÚDICE
Head of Design & Multimedia
Creative Strategist

ELISA TAVARES
Storyteller & Content Strategist

MARTA PEREIRA
Project Manager

MARIA ARVELOS
Designer

BRUNA STRUFALDI
Financial Coordinator

JOANA MARTINS
Financial Assistant

MARIA VIEIRA
Operations Assistant

ANTÓNIO LEITE
Program Cordinator

BERNARDETE JERÓNIMO
Program Manager

ARSÉNIA RESSIQUE
Program Manager

LAILA DAVA
Program Manager

VÂNIA CASSAMBAI
Program Manager

EULÁLIA SAMBO
Program Manager

MERLIN ANDRÉ
Program Manager

JUREMA MUCUSSE
Program Manager

FELÍCIA SUBETE
Program Manager

ALZIRA GUETSA
Communications Assistant

ROSITA CHICO
M&E Officer

JESSICA MONDLANE
Community Officer

VÂNIA MATAVELE
Operations Assistant

AGNALDO BATA
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

BELEZA PAULO
Local Support

AGOSTINHO VIEIRA
Local Support

SÉRGIO MOTERIUA
Local Support

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