Dossi Sekonnou Gloria AGUEH appointed Africa Chief Executive Officer.
RFLD announces reforms to its internal governance, effective 1 October 2025, and the composition of its newly elected Board of Directors.
Porto-Novo, 22 September 2025. The Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD), the Women Leaders Network for Development, today announces reforms to its internal governance, effective 1 October 2025. The changes strengthen the organisation's structure as its work on the continent grows, and consolidate its leadership on the rights of women and young people in Africa.
Appointment of Dossi Sekonnou Gloria AGUEH
Mrs Dossi Sekonnou Gloria AGUEH, whose term at the head of the Board of Directors ends on 25 September 2025, has been appointed by the newly elected Board as Africa Chief Executive Officer of RFLD. In this role she will lead all of the organisation's operations on the continent, including its regional offices, and oversee delivery of the strategic plan.
Mrs AGUEH is a doctoral candidate and has more than 12 years of experience working across the continent.
Her responsibilities include
- leading all of the organisation's operations on the African continent;
- acting as the organisation's legal representative;
- supervising RFLD's regional offices;
- overseeing delivery of the strategic plan;
- ensuring the continuity of RFLD's vision.
The new Board of Directors
The newly elected Board of Directors of RFLD is composed as follows:
- President: Mrs KPOSSOU Collecte
- General Secretary: Mrs G. Tabiyi Mariam
- General Treasurer: Mrs A. BOSSOU Jeanine
- General Organiser: Mrs WINSOU Hélène
The executive management and the Board will work closely together to implement the organisation's strategic directions. Each member brings experience that will strengthen RFLD's work on the ground and its mission to advance rights, equality and sustainable development.
RFLD thanks Mrs AGUEH for her leadership of the Board and is confident that the organisation will continue to grow under her direction.
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Editor's note: this release is reproduced as issued on 22 September 2025. Mrs AGUEH's current title is Africa Director and Founder of RFLD. See Our People and Board.
The Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD), the Women Leaders Network for Development, is a pan-African network for gender equality and development founded in 2013. It brings together 1,143 member organisations in more than 35 African countries.
RFLD is registered as an International Organisation in Senegal and as a non-governmental organisation in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and The Gambia. Its headquarters is the Africa Office in Accra. It holds Observer Status N°553 with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and an NGOsource 501(c)(3) equivalency determination. Since 2013, RFLD has supported 9.78 million women and girls.
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