MEDIA RESOURCES

For media inquiries, please contact: Bill Wasserman | 202-270-0666 | billw@mrss.com

Below are links to materials that may be useful for press purposes:

• Headshots

• Brick by Brick book cover

• Photographs featured in Brick by Brick

• Bio (PDF)

Articles, Interviews, Podcasts & Posts

Interviews

• The Peace & Possibilities Podcast | Karen Sherman: Your Story Is Your Superpower | May 2022

• Greatness Podcast | Karen Sherman Discusses Her Book Brick by Brick and the Akilah Institute in Rwanda | October 2021

• The Sam Collins Podcast | I’m Listening with Karen Sherman | October 2020

• Extraordinary Women Radio | Interview with Kami Guildner | March 2020

• C-SPAN Book TV | Interview with NPR’s Barbara Klein at the Aspen Institute | January 2020

• Global Ed Leadership | The Journeys We Take That Lead Us To What We Love: Karen Sherman’s Story - April 2019

• Huffpost | An Interview with Karen Sherman of Women for Women International - November 2010

Education

• Concordia | E-Learning and the Future of Education in Africa | December 2020

• CNBC Africa | Investing In The Education Sector During COVID-19 | September 2020

• Entangled Solutions | The Future of Global Education - April 2019

• Council on Foreign Relations | Connecting Women’s Education to the Workforce in Africa - September 2017

• Skees Family Foundation | East Africa’s Akilah Institute Adopts Skills-Based Curriculum, Expands Online Reach - March 2017

• Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security | The Impact of Conflict on Women’s Access to Education: Spotlight on Burundi - May 2015

Gender Equality

• Think Global Health | The Resilience of Women in Sudan - An interview with Sudanese physician Sarah Khalifa | November 2021

• Council For Foreign Relations | What’s Next for Afghan Women: An Interview with Judge Najla Ayoubi | June 2021

• Global Women’s Institute | Our Year To Roar | January 2021

• Think Global Health | Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based Violence | June 2020

• Medium.com | Mind the Gap | March 2020

• Akilah Institute | Navigating the Transitions: Changing the Status Quo for Women and Girls Worldwide - May 2019

• Medium.com | Women & Girls: Building the 21st Century Workforce | May 2019

• NPR | Rwanda Ranks In The Top 5 For Gender Equity. Do Its Teen Girls Agree? | January 2018

• Higher Education Today | Changing the Game for Women in East Africa - March 2017

• HuffPost | The World’s Leading Ladies - October 2016

• Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security | Women’s Economic Participation in Conflict-Affected and Fragile Settings - January 2016

• HuffPost | Dancing in the Storm: Leveling the Digital Gender Divide One Woman at a Time - October 2015

• Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace and Security | Twenty Years Post-Genocide - Women Engineer Change in Rwanda | August 2014

• HuffPost | Legal Marriage - November 2012

• Global Entrepreneurship Week | Women Build Nations - November 2012

• HuffPost | Women and War - November 2012

• Africa.com | Josephine’s Story: A Remarkable Woman in Congo | June 2012

• Africa.com | Rwanda Making Strides for Women | January 2012

Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Africa

• Africa.com | Does Rwanda Offer a Post Pandemic Roadmap? | April 2020

• St. Louis Public Radio | How Kaldi’s Is Teaching Women in Rwanda The Coffee Business | January 2020

• Sustainable Brands | Rwanda’s Akilah Institute: Where Women Mean Business - November 2019

• CNBC Africa | How Akilah Institute Is Empowering Rwandan Women In The Workplace - November 2019

• PBS News Hour | This all-women’s college is training Rwanda’s future leaders | November 2017

• Banker Africa | Empowering the Next Generation (pages 40-41) | August 2017

• HuffPost | The Future of South Sudan - February 2016

• HuffPost | Rwanda’s Newest Graduates - August 2015

• HuffPost | Burundi and the Possibility of Infinite Returns - June 2015

• ABC News | Eyewitness Report: Violence Growing As South Sudan Preps for Independence - June 2011

Book Recommendations

• Medium.com | Six Engrossing Winter Reads + One To Look Forward To | December 2020

• Women In Academia | Recent Books of Interest To Women Scholars | January 2020

Brick By Brick

• The Round Table: A Next Generation Politics Podcast | Brick By Brick, Building Hope | June 2020

• KATU News | Brick by Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere | February 2020

• Women for Women International | Brick By Brick - November 2019

Videos

Karen speaks with CNBC about investing in education during the COVID-19 pandemic and about the future of education in Africa.

Karen, Dr. Joyce Banda, and Judge Najla Ayoubi in conversation about their experience and insights into the barriers and catalysts to empowering women of all ages across the globe to be the drivers of change in their own lives in a virtual event hosted by New England International Donors on August 26, 2020. 

Karen in conversation with Linda Calhoun, Executive Producer of Career Girls at the World Affairs Center in San Francisco on February 26, 2020.

NPR newscaster, Barbara Klein interviews Karen about her new book, Brick By Brick: Building Hope & Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere at the book’s launch event at The Aspen Institute on January 9, 2020.

Karen Sherman talks with CNBC Africa about how Akilah Institute is empowering women and tackling the ongoing challenge of preparing Africa's next workforce with the necessary skills for our changing future.