By Denise Raquel Dunning, Founder + Executive Director In light of recent controversies at Facebook, Uber, Wells Fargo, United Airlines and many other companies, I’ve been thinking a lot about corporate responsibility lately. Specifically, what is the role of private companies in advancing social good? And what are the qualities of corporations that are effective drivers of social change? I … Read More
Leadership Accelerator Launch in Nigeria
By Kaitlin Chandler In Nigeria, 20 leaders representing civil society organizations, communities, and companies across Lagos and Abuja, are tackling some of the toughest challenges women and girls face in their country. Often grappling with resource constraints and obstacles like corruption and ingrained gender stereotypes, they are doing the hard work because they have a vision for a more just … Read More
CSW62: Youth Engagement Paramount
By Marta Tsehay Sewasen The United Nations 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women(CSW62) took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York City from March 12-23, 2018. According to UN Women, more than 4,300 representatives from over 600 civil society organizations and 170 Member States attended. The CSW62 theme was “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender … Read More
Rise Up Announces Partnership with Gates Foundation for Work in Malawi
Rise Up in partnership with Girls Empowerment Network (GENET) in Malawi and International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is launching the Enabling Girls to Advance Gender Equity (ENGAGE) initiative. ENGAGE aims to reduce the prevalence of child marriage in Southern Malawi by investing in local leaders from civil society organizations, … Read More
Cummins Inc Announces $6 Million Investment in Rise Up
Rise Up is delighted to announce a new partnership with Cummins Inc. that will expand our global reach in enabling girls and women to transform their own lives, communities, and countries through advocacy and policy change. On Thursday, March 8th – International Women’s Day – Cummins unveiled the Cummins Powers Women initiative, the company’s most ambitious community initiative ever. Cummins’ investment in Rise Up is $6 … Read More
New Collective Impact Partnership to Build Economic Power for Girls and Women in India
Rise Up is thrilled to join with fellow leading global gender equality organizations to launch an exciting new collective impact partnership that aims to increase the economic power of girls and women in India, where currently only 29% of women formally participate in the workplace. The three-year project, “Collective Impact Partners: Women’s and Girl’s Economic Empowerment Advocacy in India,” will be … Read More
Kajiado Girls Get Tips on Defending Right to Education – Standard Digital
Kajiado Girls Get Tips on Defending Right to Education Standard Digital | April 21, 2018 Standard Digital highlights the work of Rise Up’s partner in Kenya, The Centre for the Study of Adolescence (CSA). Through our collaborative Girls’ Voices Initiative, CSA trains girls how to escape harmful traditional practices and become girl-child rights advocates in Kajiado, Kenya, where 23% of … Read More
Achieving Gender Equity Through Leadership Training, Advocacy – The Guardian
Achieving Gender Equity Through Leadership Training, Advocacy The Guardian | April 19, 2018 The Guardian Nigeria highlights Rise Up’s first Advocacy and Leadership Accelerator for civil society leaders in Nigeria, where our Gender Equity Initiative launched with support from the Cummins Foundation. Read the article here.
Women’s History – In the Making
By Denise Raquel Dunning, Founder + Executive Director Women’s History Month is an opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come, and the path forward. For far too long, women’s history has been the history of Western white women of privilege, ignoring the struggles of brown, black, and poor women and erasing their leadership in women’s movements. As I think … Read More
Cummins Inc. Announces Cummins Powers Women, A Landmark Initiative to Accelerate the Advancement of Women and Girls around the World – Cummins Inc.
Cummins Inc. Announces Cummins Powers Women, A Landmark Initiative to Accelerate the Advancement of Women and Girls around the World Cummins Inc. | March 8, 2018 Cummins Inc. announces Cummins Powers Women, a landmark initiative to advance the empowerment of women and girls around the world by partnering with a network of trusted nonprofits, including Rise Up, which will receive … Read More
