Chantal FAIDA | From Survival To Governance

Chantal Faida is a women’s rights activist, leader, and author from Goma with nearly 12 years of experience in advocacy and community development.

She is the founder of UWEMA, where she promotes access to education forvulnerable groups, including orphans and displaced children, through scholarship and empowerment programs.

Specialized in gender and development, she has led multiple leadership initiatives for young women in politics across Democratic Republic of the Congo, providing training, mentoring, and political coaching.

Chantal holds a Master’s degree in Leadership
and Organizationa lManagement and is also the
author of the book: ”Je m'engage en politique :
Femme, allume ta flamme pour le changement
positif dans ton pays.”

She previously ran as a candidate in provincial
and national elections in Goma.