Peace Fellowships are awarded for full support to pursue a master’s degree in peace studies and conflict prevention at five Rotary Peace Centers around the world. This month we introduce you to District 5950’s second successful nominee, Megan Dumas.

 

Ms. Dumas is a project manager for WoMena in Kampala, Uganda, where she participates in health care initiatives focused on the taboo and often-neglected area of women’s health: menstruation. In her job, Dumas helps develop options for women in Uganda’s refugee settlements and resource-poor settings to manage their menstrual health with dignity and support.

 

Ms. Dumas is committed to lessening injustice and believes that there must be a focus on achieving global peace in the face of a pandemic, climate change and massive displacement. Her professional background is in gender-based violence, global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights. 

 

Ms. Dumas received her B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota, where she majored in global studies with concentrations in Africa and Global Health and Mobile Populations. She previously received a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is also a former Rotary Youth Exchange Ambassador to Brazil and contributed to various international teams both as a volunteer and working professional. 

 

Dumas was nominated for the Peace Fellowship by the Rotary Club of Orono.