Armenia, Club Yerevan
Sona ARAMYAN
5.000€
With a Master in biophysics Sona, 33 years old, married, with one child, works as a Partner Business Manager. To enhance her professionalism in her present position, she is taking a Global MBA, in Spain. Her application is for the second and last year. Armenia needs profoundly educated business professionals in the private and public sectors.
Austria, Club St Veit Glan
Denise WORNIG
6.000€
Denise, 25, is an outstanding Master student concentrating on Women, Peace & Security studies with a Thesis on “Women’s Economic Participation and Their Potential Role in Countering Violence and Extremism”. Selected by SIE to attend the CSW 63. She could be an influential leader in her generation.
Belgium, Club Les Deux Sources
Mariam AHMADI
1.250€
Originally from Afghanistan, Mariam, 32, lived in Iran before fleeing to Belgium to avoid an arranged marriage. Mariam works as a hairdresser to support the family. The bourse will help her to take evening classes over the course of a year, equipping her with the qualifications to access university. Her ambition is to study medicine.
Burkina, Club Ouagadougou
Yiriye ALIM DIALLO NEE KY
2.500€
A master’s in human resource management will reinforce the skill set of Yiriye Alim, 35, enabling her to command a higher salary and achieve her professional ambition to run human resources.
Croatia, Club Zagreb Centre
Marija LUGARIC
4.000€
The grant will enable Marija, 23, to pursue an NBA Programme in the Netherlands. With a BSc. degree in Psychology and a Master in Research Integrative Neuroscience, she intends to build a career in Business Administration and Management Consulting for science institutions.
Finland, Club Kauniainen-Grankulla
Marcia Takudzwa GENGEZHA
3.000€
Marcia, 20, is living in Zimbabwe. She lost her parents while she was a child. Her secondary education was financed by the Dzikwa Trust. Marcia is in her first year as a Law student and intends to specialise in Human Rights. She will work for the most vulnerable groups, such as township orphans and especially orphaned girls.
Georgia, Club Kutaisi-Colchis
Tekla KOBZIANIDZE
4.500€
Tekla, 21, is a student in the 3rd year at the Medicine Faculty of Kutaisi State University. Going through the grief of recently losing her mother who supported her, she is now facing serious financial hardships. The SIE scholarship will enable her to continue her studies.
Germany, Club Köln-Kolumba
Amrita GAUTAM
7.000€
In her last year as doctoral research student on “Water Supply and Quality Monitoring via HydroInformatics” (with an innovative approach to “Youth Inclusion”), Amrita, 33, is a very dedicated student and a passionate soroptimist, founding member of SI club Kathmandu. SIE Delegate to CSW since 2017.
Greece, Club Athens Kifissia-Ekali
Maria DASKOU
7.000€
After six years of studying Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Maria, 25, applies for a SIE scholarship to be able to complete her PhD thesis in Virology. Relieved of the existing financial constraints, she will be able to concentrate on finalizing the thesis and move forward in her scientific career.
Greece, Club Heraklion – Crete
Marianna ESKANTAR
3.000€
Marianna, 24, has a BSc. in Applied Mathematics. The scholarship will be for the last year of her MBA. Her plan is to use the skills and capabilities acquired through her MBA, her previous studies and her philanthropic work at the Child Protection Centre in Heraklion, to enter the field of social entrepreneurship.
Iceland, Club Kópavogur
Thuridur HERMANNSDÓTTIR
5.000€
Thuridur, 26, from Iceland, is a student at the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Slovakia, since there is no such faculty in her country. She is in her 4th year and will finish in spring 2021. Thuridur plans to use her knowledge and experience for the preservation of Iceland’s species and continuance of sustainable farming and food production.
Israel, Club Nahariya
Halal Shira WEISS
2.000€
Hallel Shira, 23, is a BSc. student in Nutrition Sciences and the scholarship will be for the last year. She believes that to promote awareness and education for a healthy way of life are the keys to a better society.
Israel, Club Ramat Gan
Sivan LEIFER
5.000€
Sivan 34, married with 4 children, has worked for ten years as a web developer and data system analyst. She is a brilliant second year MBA-student, specializing in information systems and technological entrepreneurship. Her aim is to turn to the management field and manage projects and teams.
Italy, Club Bologna
Roberta FALCONE
3.000€
Roberta, 28, is a PhD student in Statistical Methods for Digital Technologies in Health. She is about to complete her thesis and her application is for further research abroad, at the University of Glasgow. This will enhance her possibilities to pursue an academic career.
Italy, Club Lucca
Isabel Cristina PÈREZ VERONA
8.000€
Isabel Cristina, 28, is from Cuba. With a Master in Computer Science she worked as a lecturer of Digital Image Processing in Cuba. She is now in her last year as a PhD student in Computer Science and System Engineering in Italy where she is doing research on computational biology. She has no other funding.
Kenya, Club Eldoret
Sophia KIPKOECH
5.000€
Sophie, 49, a mother of four, is the only woman in Management of Information System in a class of over 45 PhD students. She is in her last year and wants to motivate other women and girls to pursue the ICT related courses. The PhD will enable her to become a full time lecturer in the IT field thus impacting more girls.
Kosovo, Club Peja
Yllka BOJKU
8.000€
An international student in Canada, Yllka, 22, needs a grant to complete her penultimate year of study to obtain a double degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. After receiving a Scholarship grant from SIE in 2016, she has worked hard to earn a living and pay for continuing her studies.
Latvia, Club Ogre-Kegums
Valda EGLITE
2.000€
Working full-time and studying, Valda, 28, is now completing her last year of a Master’s Degree in Professional Psychology. She has already gained practical skills in doing psychological counseling, testing and evaluation for both children and adults.
Lithuania, Club Raseiniai City
Reda MAZEIKIENE
4.000€
Reda, 41, single with two children is a final year PhD student in Environmental Engineering. The scholarship will help her to study the introduction of innovative engineering technologies in animal husbandry in order to reduce the emission of ammonia from livestock farms, thus contributing to reducing air pollution.
Madagascar, Club Lac Alaotra
Deraina T. SANDAFIFALIANA
1.000€
Deraina Tamby, 25 years, single with a child, has been employed as a secretary/accountant since 2014. She is in her final year of Master 2 Finance and Accountancy. She hopes to find other work opportunities and become an accountancy teacher. Due to lack of financial resources, she was unable to finish her AU studies in 2018/2019.
Moldova, Club Chisinau
Valeria LEBEDA
2.500€
Valeria, 25, is a diligent, persevering student with a positive attitude to problem solving and respectful of the work of others. She has great expectations from her studies in Fiscal Law and she is combining learning and working. She is passionate to work for the common good.
Poland, Club Wroclaw
Marta A. ANDRZEJEWSKA
7.000€
Marta, 24 years old, is now studying in two fields: Structural Engineering (in English for a MSc.) and Architecture and Urbanism in Poland. She has the chance to be the first woman in Poland with 2 degrees: one in civil engineering and one in architecture; she will be specialised in the protection of structures against fires.
Rwanda, Club Gisenyi
Marie Evelyne TWAHIRWA MUKERAJURU
2.000€
Professional accountancy training will help Marie Evelyne, 35, to expand her expertise, enabling her to support small commercial and agricultural businesses, particularly related to products manufactured in Rwanda. It will also help to better manage her own school which she founded to promote female education.
Rwanda, Club Rwamagana
Judith MUKAMUYENZI
2.250€
With her experience in the social and nursing fields, Judith, 53, could make a good manager of the health centre she runs, in particular taking care of the most vulnerable group (women and children). With her studies, she will be in a position to contribute to the country’s development, the reduction of malnutrition, and maternal and infant mortality.