CEO, Fantsuam Foundation | Nigeria Comfort Kazanka is a community development worker and founding member of the rural-based organization Fantsuam Foundation Nigeria. As the CEO, Comfort represents the management team on the Board of Directors and is responsible for implementing the decisions of the board. She additionally chairs the implementation team, a membership of five heads of programs, and receives … Read More
Chiamaka Ada Pius
Program Manager, Earthspring International Outreach | Nigeria Chiamaka Ada Pius is a program manager and social worker. She is an advocate for women, girls, equity, social justice, and female mental emancipation, and runs a back-to-school initiative for underprivileged children and children who have dropped out of school. Chiamaka is a member of the Nigerian Association of Social Workers, International Society … Read More
Augustine Oyele Ayuba
Program Officer, First Step Action for Children Initiative | Nigeria Augustine Oyele Ayuba is a women and girls advocate. As a program officer at First Step Action For Children Initiative, he leads the projects SMILE and CSS, which aim to enhance education, health, economic opportunity, and protections for women and girls. His vision is to create an enabling environment where … Read More
Aisha Aminu Bello
Program Officer, Centre for Girls Education (CGE) | Nigeria Aisha is an advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). As a program officer at CGE, she leads the Married Adolescent Safe Spaces Project, which prepares married adolescent girls to take control of their lives through family planning so as to move out of the circle of poverty in … Read More
Abubakar Muhammed
Program Associate, African Center for Education Development (CLEDA-Africa) | Nigeria Abubakar is a program associate for the African Center for Education Development (CLEDA-Africa) and is passionate about girls empowerment and education. Abubakar led the implementation of the Arewa Girls Forum Safe Space Project, which was designed to support vulnerable and marginalized girls in Northern Nigeria experiencing challenges in education and … Read More
Jonah Aboki
Program Manager, Child Education and Community Development Initiative | Nigeria Jonah is a dreamer, risk taker, and believer in humanity. He works for the Child Education and Community Development Initiative (CECDI), a local charitable organization that aims to promote and advocate for the well-being of marginalized women, children, and orphans. He started as a community volunteer and is now a … Read More
Prasun Mathpal
Program Manager, CECOEDECON | India Prasun is a Program Manager in CECOEDECON. His current role is to lead the project related to child rights in 28 villages across three districts of Rajasthan. He is a staunch believer in equal rights for women, girls, and youth. He strongly believes that if India aspires to become a superpower, equal representation of the … Read More
Anushree Mukerjee
Research Associate, Gram Niyojan Kendra | India Anushree is currently a researcher, an organizer, a documenter, and an activist by passion. In her current role, she takes charge of asking the difficult questions through which she helps derive strategies that can be adopted to facilitate effective change. Anushree has always been passionate towards studying and training for the development sector … Read More
Radhika Sharma
Founder/Director, Jeevan Ashram Sanstha (JAS) | India Radhika Sharma is heading an NGO and leads the flagship youth and adolescent advocacy and infotainment program in Rajasthan. Radhika is a keen believer in justice for all, especially for girls and women. She vehemently believes that inequities arising from social practices like child marriage and gender discrimination have no place in our … Read More
Heera Devi
Senior Field Worker, Urmul Setu Sansthan | India Heera Devi is a community motivator and always advocates for the rights of girls. She is currently facilitating and promoting village level vocational training for girls on stitching, embroidery, and handicraft items so that girls can become financially independent. She is a staunch supporter of girl child education and has been motivating … Read More
