Lucy Lake is Chief Executive of CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education), dedicated to supporting girls’ education and women’s leadership, with a focus in sub-Saharan Africa. CAMFED's model has to date benefited over seven million young people and brought through a new generation of 225,000 women leaders in the CAMFED Association. Lucy is a founding member and former Co-Chair of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative, and on the High-Level Steering Committee of the Education Commission’s Workforce Initiative. Under Lucy’s tenure, CAMFED has been recognised by the OECD for best practice in taking development innovation to scale and has been awarded the 2021 Hilton Humanitarian Prize and Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. Alongside Angeline Murimirwa, Lucy was awarded the 2020 Yidan Prize for Education Development.
Early Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationLivelihoodsPost-Secondary EducationSecondary EducationWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa
