Clara Molot is going into her senior year at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. She first became interested in African studies with a particular focus on gender during her sophomore year, when she took a class in Modern African History. She spent the last two summers studying in Rwanda, Tanzania, and in Johannesburg, South Africa. Clara curated and produced the Girls’ Leadership Forum, the first in our new “In Their Own Voices” series through which WomenStrong will be showcasing and promoting a multitude of views and perspectives by and about strong women and girls.