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SAIS fellowship

Hélène was zeer begaan met het lot van vrouwen wereldwijd

Waar ze kon, zette ze zich in om hun vaak zo trieste bestaan te verbeteren

Ook was haar antwoord op de vraag: “wat kan gedaan worden om het geweld overal ter wereld te bekampen?” : “Wanneer mensen geen woorden meer hebben om hun onmacht, ongenoegen of hun angsten te uiten, nemen ze hun toevlucht tot geweld. Daarom zie ik maar drie middelen om dit geweld te doen verminderen: Education, education and education !”

Ter herinnering aan Hélène, en om haar idealen verder uit te dragen, riep haar vader Francis De Beir “The Hélène De Beir Fellowship” tot leven aan de Johns Hopkins University, School for Advanced International Studies. Hier worden hoogopgeleide studenten verder bekwaamd in diplomatie, internationale relaties en humanitaire thema’s. De Hélène De Beir Fellowship verleent een studiebeurs aan vrouwelijke studenten, opgegroeid in de cultuur van de Islam, om er aan de SAIS te studeren, in de hoop dat deze vrouwen later in het beroeps- of openbare leven, hun steentje zullen bijdragen aan de verbetering van het lot van zoveel gediscrimineerde vrouwen in de wereld.
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Sana Khan Mame Socé Senè (2006-2007): I am from Sénégal and Graduate of the University of Maryland in Economics. In learning how economic growth can aid developing countries, I realised that I wanted to work in the microfinance field. At SAIS, I studied International Economics and International Development, with a focus on finance and micro-enterprise in Africa.

Khan Sana Sana Khan (2008-2009): I am from Pakistan. I wrapped up at SAIS in the summer of 2009 and shortly after moved out to Ethiopia to work with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) on two Randomized Controlled Trials- one that was testing an alternative to microfinance for the poorest population in Northern Ethiopia, and a second one that was looking at the welfare impact of factory jobs as compared to self employment and other employment opportunities. I left Ethiopia at the end of 2011 and moved out to Tanzania with the World Bank in April 2012. I am currently based in Dar es Salaam and work on two impact evaluations in the education sector.

Kallon Edna Edna Kallon (2011-2012):I am from Sierra Leone. I obtained a Bachelors Degree at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with a double major in Psychology and Art History. At SAIS, I focussed on International Development and I will study Arabic.

Onwudiegwu Chimdindu Chimindu Onwudiegwu (2013-2014):I am from Nigeria. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics from the Convenant University, Nigeria. At Sais, I focused on International Development in order to help prepare for a career in Human Capital Development.

Ariana Deea Deea Ariana (2014-2015):I am from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I graduated with honors from Mount Holyoke College in U.S. with a major in Sociology and a minor in Journalism. At SAIS, I studied International Development with a specialisation in Emerging Markets. I would like to pursue my career in international civil service and work in developing countries as a policymaker to help implement and meet the development goals.

Rochana Rochana Cooray (2016-2017):I am from Sri Lanka. I studied Economics end Global Studies at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY. At SAIS I will be concentrating on International Development. Upon graduation, I intend to work in the impact investment sector. My long term goal is to return to Sri Lanka to start an Impact Investment firm to fund social enterprises and grow minority and women owned businesses around the island.