MOVING AFRICA: QuestPro’s 2025 Leadership Academy for African LBTIQ Women

MOVING AFRICA: QuestPro’s 2025 Leadership Academy for African LBTIQ Women
Are you an African LBTIQ woman ready to lead boldly, build power, and transform your advocacy?
QuestPro-Women Foundation (QWF) is thrilled to announce the call for applications for the 2025 edition of the QuestPro Leadership Academy; a transformative leadership experience designed by and for African LBTIQ women leaders.

About QuestPro-Women Foundation
Founded in 2019, QuestPro-Women Foundation (QWF) is a regional Pan-African feminist organization that responds to persistent gender and sexuality-based disparities affecting young LBTIQ+ women across Africa. Through a mission rooted in empowerment and social justice, QWF champions the meaningful participation of queer women in HIV response, health, human rights, and decision-making spaces.

Operating through an intersectional feminist framework, QWF works across key thematic areas including:
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Queer Women in STEM
Climate Justice
Leadership Development
Economic Empowerment

Safety, Security & Protection
Call for Participation: Moving Africa – 2025 Leadership Academy
Now more than ever, the continent needs visionary queer feminist leaders resilient, rooted in community, and prepared to navigate the complexities of advocacy in a fast-changing Africa.
The QuestPro Leadership Academy is a powerful incubator created to equip emerging LBTIQ leaders with the tools, networks, and strategies needed to elevate their advocacy and ignite collective action.

What We Offer: A Five-Pillar Learning Experience
This immersive academy centers on five pillars critical to feminist leadership:
Safety & Security
Create cultures of care and sustainability for activism in hostile or high-risk environments.
Feminist Leadership
Unlearn colonial systems and lead with an intersectional, decolonial, values-based approach.
Organizational Strengthening
Learn practical strategies to build resilient teams and grow your organization’s impact.
Governance & Accountability
Develop effective decision-making structures rooted in transparency and trust.
Resource Mobilization
Master the art of fundraising, grant writing, and building partnerships that sustain your work.
This is more than just a training it’s a transformative political space where African queer women learn, lead, and grow together.

Who Should Apply?
We’re looking for passionate and courageous leaders who are:
LBTIQ women activists currently based in Africa
Queer women human rights defenders using creative arts, culture, or digital innovation in their advocacy
Emerging leaders ready to amplify their voices, strengthen their practice, and grow their impact
First-time applicants who have not previously participated in the Leadership Academy

Whether you’re an artist-activist, digital defender, grassroots organizer, or policy advocate this space is for you.
Why You Should Join
Grow Your Advocacy Toolkit
Gain real-world, context-sensitive tools that you can apply immediately in your activism.
Build a Sisterhood of Leaders
Connect with a vibrant Pan-African network of LBTIQ leaders who share your vision for justice.
Center Healing and Resilience
Participate in a space that acknowledges burnout, promotes healing, and nurtures sustainable leadership.
Application Deadline: July 10th, 2025 at 12:00 EAT
Don’t miss this opportunity to reimagine your power, sharpen your leadership, and join a growing movement of African queer feminist changemakers.
Apply Now