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

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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 Together, which will … Read More

What It Will Take to Enter a New Era of Women’s Economic Empowerment – Devex

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What It Will Take to Enter a New Era of Women’s Economic Empowerment  Devex | March 8, 2018 Rise Up’s Collective Impact Partnership and Founder and Executive Director Denise Dunning are featured in this piece exploring the role of advocacy and policy change in advancing women’s empowerment across the globe. Read the article here.

Celebrating Family Planning Activists – Family Planning 2020

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Celebrating Family Planning Activists Family Planning 2020 | March 7, 2018 Family Planning 2020 highlights Nakita Shavers and Franklin Gnanamuthu, two Rise Up Youth Champions who are working to break down common barriers such as poverty, misinformation, and cultural traditions that impede access to contraception and quality sexual and reproductive health care. Read the article here.

After #MeToo, What’s Next?

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By Denise Raquel Dunning, Founder + Executive Director The #MeToo movement has unleashed the concentrated power of millions of girls and women to speak out against sexual harassment and gender-based violence. Building on the work of generations of women who refused to remain silent, girls and women are finding great strength in sharing our stories — opening the pandora’s box of … Read More

Return to Hope

By Denise Raquel Dunning, Founder + Executive Director One of the things I’ve heard consistently from friends and colleagues since our 2016 election is how depressed everyone is. Almost daily, I hear about how fearful so many of us are for our lives, our children’s futures, and the planet. Many of us are doing whatever we can to forget, even … Read More