Equality Change Makers
"Equality Change Makers" is an interview series of leaders doing groundbreaking work in empowering girls and women and promoting gender equality around the world. Through this interview series, we want to uplift the voices and highlight the work of activists working for women's rights and safety. We also hope that the stories, life, and the journey of these change-makers will inspire our readers to follow their passions to create a better world.
Idah Knowles: Founder and Managing Partner of Women Agenda, Kenya
Idah Knowles is a Kenyatta University undergraduate who is a gender equality advocate and activist. She works with a Mzalendo Trust, a parliamentary monitoring organization in Kenya. She has received many recognitions and awards for her interest and strong demonstration in advancing women’s rights and gender equality. In June 2020, she served as the Special Rapporteur…
Robert Franken: Co-founder of Male Feminists Europe
Robert Franken is a freelance consultant for organizational culture, D&I and digital transformation based in Cologne, Germany. Robert is also the founder of an international platform for male feminists called Male Feminists Europe. Male Feminists Europe promotes the idea of male feminism across Europe to empower and engage men to join the feminism movement. Before his…
Wadi Ben-Hirki: An Award-Winning Gender Equity Advocate from Nigeria
Wadi Ben-Hirki is a 23 year-old gender equality activist from Nigeria and the founder of Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation. Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation works across Nigeria to impact the lives of the less-privileged, marginalized and disadvantaged through humanitarianism and advocacy. Wadi was enlisted as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans in 2018. Some of her awards include…
Vasanthan Ramakrishnan: Founder of Feminist Pen
Vasanthan “Vas” Ramakrishnan is a Chicago-based entrepreneur, equal rights advocate and philanthropist from India. He is the founder of Feminist Pen, an international non-profit organization focused on intersectional feminism and equal rights advocacy for women and all minority genders and non-genders. He founded Feminist Pen in July 2020 and has since reached to over 65,000 people…
Lucina Di Meco: Senior Director of Girls’ Education & Gender Equality at Room to Read
Lucina Di Meco is a gender expert and women’s rights advocate. She currently serves as the Senior Director of Girls’ Education & Gender Equality at Room to Read, an international nonprofit promoting gender equality through education. Lucina is also the author of #ShePersisted. Women, Politics & Power in The New Media World. Her work was featured on Time…
Ram Devineni & Dipti Mehta: Creators of the Female Comic Superhero Priya – A Gang Rape Survivor
Ram Devineni Dipti Mehta Ram devineni is an Indian American documentary filmmaker, and creator of the Indian female comic book superhero Priya, who is a gang-rape survivor. The first book of the comic book series, Priya’s Shakti, was published after the horrific gang rape in a bus in New Delhi in 2012. Very soon, Priya became…
Traei Tsai: Using The Power of Storytelling to Empower Women
Traei Tsai is a Taiwanese born Canadian writer, gender equality and women empowerment activist, actress, fashion model, and painter based in Vancouver. She is currently working on a book-project, “Her Stories Untold“, capturing true stories of women around the globe. As featured in a recent interview on Global News on Mother’s Day, she talks about how…
Hadil Al-Ashwal : Founder of The Middle East and North Africa Advocates for Gender Equality initiative
Hadil Al-Ashwal is the Founder & Managing Director of the MENA Advocates for Gender Equality. Born and raised in Yemen, she has lived in different countries in the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Hadil holds an MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University where she was selected as a representative, exemplary woman to inspire others. Currently, she works…
Angeline Makore: Uplifting girls and women in Zimbabwe
Angelina Makore is a young activist from Zimbabwe and an alumna of Women Deliver Young Leaders, who escaped a forced marriage at 14! Now her organization, Spark R.E.A.D (Resilience, Empowerment, Activism, and Development), rescues child marriage victims and sexually abused girls and offers psycho-social support to them. Spark R.E.A.D also focuses on reproductive, maternal, child, and…
Alaa Al-Eryani : Founder of Yemeni Feminist Movement
Alaa Al-Eryani is a gender equality advocate and Women Deliver Young Leader Alumna. She is the founder of the Yemeni Feminist Movement (YFM) platform. Born out of the frustration of women being constantly sidelined throughout Yemen’s political instability and war, YFM is the first Yemeni feminist online platform. It raises awareness about feminism and discriminatory laws and practices…
