By Denise Raquel Dunning, Founder + Executive Director 2019 marks ten years for Rise Up — ten years of ensuring that girls and women can finish school, stay healthy, overcome violence, access economic opportunity, and achieve their potential. Ten years of global impact. As I look back, it’s hard to believe where we started, and how far we’ve come. Back … Read More
Where Are They Now: The Story of Two Rise Up Leaders Advancing Girls’ Rights in Liberia
From the Children’s Act to the Girls’ Manifesto and a seat in the House of Representatives, Rise Up leaders Aisha and Rosana are fiercely advancing girls’ rights in Liberia. THEN – 2010 In 2010, Rosana Schaack, Executive Director of THINK (Touching Humanity In Need of Kindness), met Aisha Cooper Bruce, Program Director for Social Empowerment at HOPE (Helping Our People … Read More
Anna Eke
Anna Eke Cummins West Africa Ltd. Anna is an Accountant and the Community Involvement Team leader for Cummins West Africa in Port Harcourt. She organizes community engagement activities and mobilizes the Cummins West Africa Port Harcourt team around issues such as malaria, girls’ education, and other important issues impacting the Port Harcourt community. She also serves as the Women’s Economic … Read More
Anne Ojumu
Anne Ojumu Cummins West Africa Ltd. Anne is a Service Vendor Coordinator with the Aftermarket business with Cummins West Africa and a member of the Community Involvement team where she helps carry out community projects in Lagos. She enjoys working in teams and advocating for positive change in her community. In university she was a member of a group called … Read More
Muna Onuzo
Muna Onuzo Foundation for Women in Film & Television in Nigeria Despite having the privilege of growing up in a middle class home with access to quality education, Muna recognized the plight of her peers who did not have access to education, fell pregnant before the age of 18, or were forced into early marriage, and she decided she wanted … Read More
Iretiola T. Adebayo-Olubi
Iretiola T. Adebayo-Olubi Foundation for Moral Value Orientation Iretiola is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Moral Value Orientation, an organization focusing on value orientation and education. She graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in Geography and Planning, starting her career in real estate and business. After many years in the real estate industry building her … Read More
Feyikemi Idowu Fabiyi
Feyikemi Idowu Fabiyi Sarah Adebisi Sosan Foundation Feyikemi is the Program Coordinator with Sarah Adebisi Sosan Foundation, a local organization dedicated to empowering women and youth to gain financial independence, reduce poverty, and enhance health, well-being, and education. Although her educational background is in banking and finance, her passion for women and girls began over 20 years ago when she … Read More
Tolulope Adeyemo
Tolulope Adeyemo Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women Foundation Tolulope serves as the Executive Director of the Working to Advance STEM Education in African Women (WAAW) Foundation, where she and her team implement numerous STEM education programs for girls in Nigeria. Tolulope is an advocate for girl child education and women’s empowerment and is committed to improving African … Read More
Fadera Williams
Fadera Williams Sustain Africa Earth Initiative Fadera is a botanist with a PhD in Landscape Architecture. She is the first landscape architect produced by a West African University. She is also a Hillary Clinton Vital Voices for Global Partnership fellow and has received training in advocacy, policymaking, and women’s and girls’ empowerment through the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). With … Read More
