Racheal Kalaba

Racheal Kalaba is an Echidna Global Scholar with the Center for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), with a collaborative specialization in women and gender studies and comparative international development education. She currently works with both the Equity Department and the Centre for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health at Women’s College Hospital, contributing to equity-focused education and community engagement rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems.

Kalaba is the founder and head of strategy at the Zambia Women Institute for Leadership and Learning (ZAMWILL), where she leads Ubuntu-centered programs that promote women’s and girls’ leadership through mentorship, STEM, entrepreneurship, and sports. She serves as the African studies senior doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto’s African Studies Centre. Her research and advocacy focus on decolonial Ubuntu feminist leadership, girls’ education, and community-based development across Africa and the diaspora.