Lucy Lake
British female education activist (born 1972)
Lucy Lake OBE (born 3 August 1972) is a leader in the field of female education[1] and Chief Executive of CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education).[2]
Education
Lake studied Human Sciences at Wadham College, University of Oxford (1991)[3]
Career
Lake joined CAMFED in 1994 shortly after it was founded[4] in Zimbabwe. She then led the development of its programs in support of girls' education across the region. Lake took on the role of CEO of CAMFED in 2012. In 2017, she appointed Angeline Murimirwa, one of the first women to have completed her education with CAMFED's support, as Co-Executive to underline the importance of ensuring those who were once marginalised move centre stage as leaders. This move has received acclaim as an example of good governance in international development, including from Julia Gillard.[5]
Lake was a founding member and co-chair of the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative.[6] She served on the High-Level Steering Group of the Global Education Commission's Workforce Initiative[7] (2017–2020) and is on the advisory board of the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report.[8]
In 1998, Lake worked with the first group of young women who had graduated from school with CAMFED's support to set up its alumni, the CAMFED Association.[9] By 2021, the Association had grown to 178,000[10] women leaders in sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom are now in prominent public positions. A hallmark of the Association is the commitment of its membership to support the younger generation of girls to go to school. Each member is financially supporting an average five other students in her community through education, a multiplier that was described by Nick Kristof in the New York Times[11] as "a perpetual motion machine".[12]
Honours and awards
In 2020, Lake was awarded the Yidan Prize[13] the world's largest education prize, alongside Murimirwa. She was awarded an OBE in the 2019 New Year's Honours for "services to young people in Africa".
Under Lake's tenure, CAMFED has been awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize[14][15] and the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (2021).[16] It has also been the recipient of a UN Global Climate Action Award[17] and has been recognised by the OECD DAC for best practice in taking development innovation to scale.[18]
References
- ^ "Girls' Education". World Bank.
- ^ "CAMFED - Campaign for Female Education". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Wadham College". www.wadham.ox.ac.uk. [dead link]
- ^ "Lucy Lake - Executive Advisor - CAMFED". camfed.org. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "The Hon Julia Gillard AC - Keynote Address at the 2021 Cambridge Conference "Creating an Equitable Future through Education"". 20 October 2021.
- ^ "The UNGEI: Letter to Mr. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan". KEUNFAST worldwide. 18 January 2007.
- ^ "Education Workforce Initiative Steering Group". the Education Commission.
- ^ "Advisory Board | Global Education Monitoring Report". en.unesco.org.
- ^ "Publications - Annual Reviews and Research Reports - CAMFED". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Watch the CAMFED Annual Review 2020 Video". CAMFED. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Nicholas Kristof unleashes groundswell of support for girls' education among New York Times readers - CAMFED". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ @nickkristof (21 November 2020). "What I love about @Camfed is that it's a perpetual motion machine" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ms Lucy Lake". Yidan Prize Foundation.
- ^ http://Conrad_N._Hilton_Foundation
- ^ "The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces CAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education, as the 2021 Recipient of the Hilton Humanitarian Prize". Hilton Foundation.
- ^ "CAMFED, Campaign for Female Education - Laureates - Princess of Asturias Awards". The Princess of Asturias Foundation.
- ^ "Women for results". unfccc.int. [dead link]
- ^ "CAMFED recognized by the OECD for taking innovation to scale". CAMFED. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
