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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),…
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Dr. Lina Abirafeh : Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women
Dr. Lina Abirafeh has served as the Executive Director of Arab Institute for Women, AiW since 2015. She is based in New York and Lebanon. Lina brings a strong feminist activist orientation to…
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Ananya kamboj : Using Sports to Empower Girls and Women
Ananya kamboj was just 12 when she was selected by mission XI million, an initiative by FIFA, All India Football Federation and Supported by Government of India as a young journalist at the…
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Masooma Ranalvi: Fighting to End Female Genital Mutilation(FGM) in India
Masooma Ranalvi still recalls the day, at age 7, when she was taken to a dirty apartment in Bhindi Bazaar in Mumbai with the promise of ice cream. The horror of that day…
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Maya Vishwakarma: unraveling menstruation stigma in rural India
Maya Vishwakarma, popularly known as the “Padwoman Of India” is on a mission to promote menstrual hygiene and to fight against menstrual stigma in rural India. Her organization ‘Sukarma Foundation’ campaigns at the…
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Phionah Musumba, Founder & Executive Director Malkia Foundation
Phionah Musumba is the Founder & Executive Director of Malkia Foundation, a non-governmental organization(NGO) in rural Kenya which helps and empowers underprivileged girls and women. Phionah’s remarkable journey of establishing the Malkia Foundation…
