Women's History Month
Leadership as a Life Adventure
Tips from Successful Multicultural Professional Women
Happy International Women’s Day from the FDR Team!
Black History Month 2024
Celebrating Our African American Kewulay Kamara – Storyteller Extraordinaire!
“Kewulay was instrumental to the future storytelling component of our Support of Artificial Intelligence (SAIL) project funded by the governments of Sweden and Canada...and he is an alum of my school in NYC, The New School!”
Ana, Androsik, FDR CEO
Kewulay Kamara is one of the key FDR experts. Kewulay or Ke, as he likes to be called, is a poet, multi-media storyteller, and lecturer with a diverse background spanning culture, government, academia, and media. He holds a BA in Political Science and Literature from the State University of New York at Oneonta, an MA in Political Economy, and has completed coursework towards a PhD in Economic Planning at the New School for Social Research.
Additionally, he obtained an MFA in Performance and Integrated Media Arts from Brooklyn College. With 25 years of lecturing experience at the City University of New York, Kamara currently serves as the UNESCO Chair of Foresight at the University of Makeni in Sierra Leone. He has contributed to publications such as The Journal of Future Studies and has authored research reports on topics such as the transition from youth to adulthood in Sierra Leone. Kamara is also a filmmaker, known for documentaries like “In Search of Finah Misa Kule: The Story of a People Who Live by the Word,” which explore storytelling in northern Sierra Leone. His latest film, “Kani Kura,” delves into the history of those left behind during the middle passage. Kamara is recognized for his contributions, having been named an Apex International Fellow in 2018 and receiving the International Alumni of the Year award from the State University of New York, Oneonta, in 2022.
Hi There!
As we reflect on the whirlwind of a year that was 2023, countless stories and beautiful memories come to mind that help tell the story of our work at FDR. We thank our amazing, diverse team, partners, and advisors, for all that you have made possible.
At FDR we continue to strive to promote a more equitable and just world by focusing on supporting our partners with strategic resource mobilization and helping them build technical innovative solutions. We support programming in gender and inclusion, leading evaluations, and baselining for multi-year multi-million-dollar projects, advancing knowledge management and gender analysis for our partners in the field of responsible Artificial Intelligence, empowering multiple actors on the ground to tell their stories from non-colonial and authentic lens, and providing tools and analysis for gender self-assessments. In the face of the many challenges globally, we must redouble our efforts in utilizing multiple data languages we have in our disposal to advance “new data deal” from a non-colonial lens.
As we look back on our year, here’s a snapshot of some ways our work made a difference.
About Us
FDR is a research, evaluation, training and data/knowledge management social enterprise. FDR has a strategic location in the United States of America and globally, including the National Capital Region of the US, with outreach to Feminist Data and Research social enterprise in Canada and an affiliate FDR Foundation in Accra, Ghana and Krakow, Poland. FDR has staff, consultants and project experience in Africa, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean and North America.
FDR Trailblazers
Paula Caldwell-St-Onge
FDR Board AdvisorAlways push and move beyond your circle of comfort…For FDR: Push the boundaries, help people become more comfortable with uncomfortable topics…
Zara Mahdi
Public Relations DirectorSenior Expert in Gender Based Violence
Working with and alongside women at FDR has allowed me to enhance my work and increased my knowledge to be more effective in diversity, equity, and inclusive practices. We explore all levels of intersectional experiences of different groups of women with the same end goal. The support of women holding hands is amazing. Today we salute you all!
Rebeca Gonzales
Big Data Research and Analysis ExpertI have thoroughly enjoyed developing my technical skills while working with FDR, while also applying intersectionality and feminist principles in everything we do. Taking on important responsibilities such as leading workshops, managing projects and advising on analytic decisions has been so positive — and not just for my resume — but also for my self-confidence and development as a leader. It’s wonderful to also have worked with so many talented women who have been there to support and guide me.
Consulting Services
Professional Development & Training
FDR has a commitment to serving professional development and training needs of thousands of learners in Canada, the US and internationally. FDR team is flexible in its response to emerging needs of students, employers and individuals. FDR seeks to expand learning opportunities for adult learners or businesses, community groups and individuals interested in accessing FDR training and coaching potential.
Data Collection, Processing, Evaluation & Dissemination
The FDR team is well informed of current evaluation approaches and issues through our participation in and leading workshops presented by the Canadian Evaluation Society, American Evaluation Association, International Association for Feminist Economists, American Social Science Association, Engineers Without Borders USA, among others.
Knowledge Management & Knowledge Translation
FDR team and consultants use innovative quantitative and qualitative methods and storytelling as tools for information gathering and dissemination, as well as for the generation of new knowledge coming from communities’ or organizational learners themselves.
Ana Androsik
Chief Executive OfficerZara Mahdi
Public Relations DirectorSenior Expert in Gender Based Violence
