Ala Oueslati
2017 Winner
Position: Women Deliver Young Leader / Blogger & Freelance Journalist / Empower Women Global Champion / Founder
Organization: Women Deliver / Youth Time International Movement / UN Empower Women / SHE Mobile Clinic
Current Location: Tunisia, Africa
B.A. in International Business Administration with Major in International Affairs from Nazareth College of Rochester & University of Tunis
Additional Degrees and Certifications:
• Certificate of Spanish language C2 level from Instituto Cervantes
• Certificate of Russian language B2 level from Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages IBLV in Tunis
• Certificate of Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture course from Confucius Institute at University of Liverpool
• Diploma of piano theory at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY
• Women Deliver Course Certificates (2) on Women’s SRHR, Family Planning, Porject Management and Advocacy
• Certificate of Completion of YaLa Citizen Journalist Program by YaLa Academy & the Peres Center for Peace
• Certificate of completion of the MENA Regional Youth Advocacy Course on GCED in Amman, Jordan by the UN Secretary General’s GEFI
• Certificate of participation in the Adolescent and Youth Wellbeing in the MENA Conference at American University of Beirut, Lebanon
• Certificate of participation in Rome Model United Nations Conference in Rome
• Amnesty International Certificate of participation in Amnesty’s International Human Rights Conference in Chicago
• Certificate of participation as North African delegate at MINDS Annual African Youth Dialogue in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
• Certificate of participation in Tunisian AMPION Venture Bus 2014
• Certificate of completion of course on UN SDGs Reporting offered by International Center for Journalists & the United Nations Foundation
• Certificate of completion of internship at Caux Initiatives of Change in Caux, Switzerland, June & July 2013
• Certificate completion of Caux Peacebuilding Program at Caux Initiatives of change, Caux, Switzerland, June, July & August 2016
• Certificate of completion of internship at the UNDP Mauritania, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Awards Received:
Award:
Empower Women Global Champion title
Awarding Organization:
UN Women
Date Awarded:
November 12, 2016
Award:
UNLEASH LAB 2017 for SDG Talents
Awarding Organization:
UNLEASH
Date Awarded:
May 31, 2017
Award:
Alumni Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund (AIEF) Award
Awarding Organization:
IREX
Date Awarded:
December 18, 2015
“A Tunisian women’s rights advocate, he was selected by Women Deliver to work on women’s sexual & reproductive health focusing on family planning in rural Tunisia. He’s an Empower Women Global Champion & a family planning project leader & blogger.
“– Thouraya Bessaoudi, Teacher at Ministry of Education of Tunisia
Describe your contributions to and achievements in family planning.
What sparked your passion for family planning?
Give one or two examples of how you display leadership in your family planning work.:
If you are named a winner of 120 under 40, how will you use this new platform and the $1000 grant to advance your work?
Video Introduction
Photos of the nominee in the field/at work



Publications/Articles
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/unchaining-feminism-by-ala-oueslati-tunisia_…
http://www.blog.makeeverywomancount.org/women-in-the-middle-east-and-north-afric…
http://www.globaleyesnetwork.com/discrimination-against-women-of-color-the-never…
http://www.voicesofyouth.org/en/users/231353