By Denise Raquel Dunning – Founder + Executive Director
The Impact of Child Marriage on Women and Girls in Guatemala
The following remarks were made by Guatemala Fellow, Angelina Gonzalez, during the launch event of the International Center for Research on Women’s (ICRW) latest publication on the economic impacts of child marriage study on September 5, in Washington D.C. Click here to see a video of Angelina’s presentation. During my years as a psychologist and Rise Up Champion, I have … Read More
The Economics of Gender Equity in India
By Denise Raquel Dunning, Founder + Executive Director India was recently named the world’s fastest-growing large economy and is projected to become the fifth largest economy overall by 2020. Yet India’s economic growth is limited by widespread gender inequality, violence, and cultural norms that devalue women’s roles in society and in the workforce. India was recently named the most dangerous … Read More
Building a Better World Through Discarded Bikes – Flathead Beacon
Building a Better World Through Discarded Bikes Flathead Beacon | August 21, 2018 This article highlights the work of Rise Up Leader and Guatemala Country Representative Veronica Buch as president of Maya Pedal, a non-governmental organization that converts discarded bicycles into pedal-powered machines that can be used by Indigenous people in Guatemala living without electricity. Read the article here.
Rise Up Announces Grantees and Advocacy Projects in Mexico
The following post was originally published by the Public Health Institute on August 14, 2018. Click here to see the original post by Lauren Claassen, Public Health Institute. PHI’s Rise Up is committed to activating women, girls, and their allies to drive exponential change by strengthening leadership, investing in local solutions, and building movements – one community at a time, one country at … Read More
Urmila Salunkhe
Urmila Salunkhe Program Officer – Akshara Centre Mumbai, Maharashtra – India Urmila has been involved with Akshara Centre since she received a scholarship from them as an adolescent. She has been employed officially with Akshara since 2007 working on their various campaigns for girls and youth including scholarship provision and technical training for 300 girls per year. Right now she … Read More
Shilpa Kashelkar
Shilpa Kashelkar Project Manager – Development Initiative for Self Help and Awakening (DISHA) Pune, Maharashtra – India Shilpa is a dedicated professional with more than 20 years of progressive and multifarious experience in Social Work and Interdisciplinary fields. She is a visiting faculty at the College of Social Work, Mumbai University. Shilpa has worked in the social field, primarily with … Read More
