The Collective Impact Partnership (CIP) leverages the powerful work of Rise Up Together, How Women Lead, the Public Health Institute, Global Fund for Women, and World Pulse to increase the economic power of women and girls in India. With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CIP’s innovative approach builds women leaders’ advocacy, individual leadership, and digital capacities to … Read More
Collective Impact Partnership Announces Grantees!
Launched in early 2018, Rise Up’s Collective Impact Partnership (CIP) with Global Fund for Women, How Women Lead, Public Health Institute, and World Pulse is thrilled to announce our first round of seed grants for advancing women’s economic empowerment and justice in Maharashtra, India! Selecting from project proposals developed by the 22 powerful leaders we engaged in Leadership and Advocacy … Read More
We Need to Invest in the Voices of Adolescent Girls Worldwide to Win Gender Equality – Ms. Magazine
We Need to Invest in the Voices of Adolescent Girls Worldwide to Win Gender Equality Ms. Magazine | November 20, 2018 Co-authored by Sarah Grammage and Rise Up Executive Director Denise Dunning, this article highlights the work of Rise Up in light of research demonstrating that empowering girls and young women is key to achieving many Sustainable Development Goals, including … Read More
New Moon Rising: Activating Change for Incarcerated Women in Mexico
By Marcela García Vázquez, Rise Up Gender Equity Initiative Fellow & President of Nueva Luna (New Moon) In the first of a series of profiles of new Rise Up Fellows engaged in our Gender Equity Initiative, Marcela García Vázquez shares her experience finding renewed inspiration and empowerment through Rise Up’s Advocacy and Leadership Accelerator in Mexico. Before attending Rise Up’s Advocacy … Read More
My Moment with Michelle Obama and Our Shared Vision for Girls Around the World
By Achie Gezahegne Gebre, Rise Up Girl Leader Four years ago at Rise Up’s Girls Voices Initiative in Ethiopia, I came together with girl leaders from across the country to discuss the challenges we face in our respective communities while drawing similarities, themes, and connections with each other’s experiences. It was a powerful set of Ethiopian girls fighting against the … Read More
Cummins Powers Women Program to Advance Global Equality Receives National Recognition – Cummins Newsroom
Cummins Powers Women Program to Advance Global Equality Receives National Recognition Cummins Newsroom | November 12, 2018 For its 2018 Power Women Awards, New York Moves Magazine (Moves Magazine) recognizes Cummins Powers Women, a global initiative that includes a $6 million partnership with Rise Up, for its commitment to the advancement and prosperity of women and girls around the world. … Read More
Rise Up Announces $70K in Grants
In April, Rise Up conducted a successful Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator workshop in Nigeria through our partnership with Cummins Powers Women for 20 visionary leaders, who learned to use advocacy and innovation to create large-scale social change. Leaders participated in hands-on training based on Rise Up’s award-winning curriculum and shared their expertise with each other to develop strategies to ensure that more girls … Read More
Micsmile Foundation
Fellow: Omokejimi Samuel Abayomi Grant Year: 2018 City: Lagos, Nigeria Organization: Micsmile Foundation Project title: Advocacy for Implementation of Lagos State Health Management Agency Law (LASHMA) in Ikosi/Isheri Local Council Development Area in Lagos Project summary: According to the Maternal Health Task Force, women’s limited access to health services result in extremely high rates of maternal death, and is one of … Read More
Vaccine Network for Disease Control
Fellow: Pitan Oyeyemi Grant Year: 2018 City: Abuja, Nigeria Organization: Vaccine Network for Disease Control Project title: Advocacy for Passage of the Gender and Equal Opportunity Rights Bill by the National Assembly Project summary: In Nigeria, women experience high rates of discrimination both at home and in the workplace. Although women are half of the population, only 19 out of 360 members … Read More
Africa Centre for Citizens Orientation
Fellow: Peter Olugbenga Adeleye Grant Year: 2018 City: Abuja, Nigeria Organization: Africa Centre for Citizens Orientation Project title: Improving Women and Girls’ Access to up to date ICT Education and usage of Existing ICT Facilities in Abuja Project summary: As Nigeria is becoming one of the main tech hubs in Africa, access to high-paying technical jobs is still significantly lower for … Read More
