Annie Sinanduku Mwange

[1] In 2010 Mwange launched a program for orphaned children in Kailo Territory, but was unable to reach many of them because they were working in mines.

[1] Mwange founded Asefa, civil society organization that launched a pilot program focused on education and training to change gender dinamics and improve the health and safety of women in Kailo working in mines.

[3] As a strategy to avoid inequality and sexual harassment, Mwange wants the women in her network to own and hold leadership positions in mining operations, in place of the peripheral labor that has been assigned to them, like washing extracted minerals.

[2] Further, she received support from the Humanitarian Initiative at Harvard University and financing from the United States Agency for International Development.

In 2024, an article by Mélanie Gouby about Annie Sinanduku Mwange was nominated for the One World Media Award, which recognizes coverage of narratives in the global south.