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Contributing authors: Faith Wich Walgwe

Kristina Pocaite

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Melike Ebit, BA in Communication & Public Relations from the National University of

Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania and MSc in European

Studies from Aalborg University, Denmark, has experience in working as a PR assistant and

volunteering, with the main focus of collaborating with organisations that aim for social and

economic development and life improvement.

Her focus is to address a very important topic nowadays – the women’s leadership gap and

its causes. This article benefitted from a valuable collaboration with powerful and successful

women who have shared their stories and experience, giving a significant insight and an

original touch to it.

Special acknowledgements and appreciation

Contributing authors

Faith Wich Walgwe

A passionate advocate for women, she champions strengthening capacity and finding solutions that

consider the social­economic aspects of the community that drive social change in developing and

emerging markets through enterprise development. She has a MSc in Business Technology (Operations

and Innovation Management) and has worked on projects with Nations GmbH, ROCKWOOL International

A/S, Supply Chain Initiative, Lefoe Austria, Ministry of Social Services, Center for Human Trafficking,

Community Action for Nature Conservation and The Humanitarian Water and Food Awards.