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Monique Kwachou is a Cameroonian feminist researcher and writer with a deep passion for education and youth work. She has over seven years’ experience working at the intersection of gender, higher education and youth development within academia and the NGO sector. Her research interests revolve around African-feminist thought, engendering, decolonizing and improving [higher] education for African development. Her doctoral research focused on the capacity of higher education to enable the substantive empowerment of Cameroonian women. Monique’s work as a youth development practitioner has underscored proactive strategies for addressing youth development issues in Cameroon.