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.
Michelle Obama Talks To a Girl From Guatemala About Why Education Is Vital – Refinery 29
Michelle Obama Talks To a Girl From Guatemala About Why Education Is Vital Refinery 29 | March 7, 2018 In this article from Refinery 29, 16-year-old Rise Up girl leader Alejandra Teleguario Santizo sits down with former first lady Michelle Obama to discuss the importance and urgency of empowering girls from around the world to reach their full potential through … Read More
Celebrating Family Planning Activists – Family Planning 2020
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?
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
In a Push to End Child Marriage in Guatemala, Young Women Are on the Front Line – The Christian Science Monitor
In a Push to End Child Marriage in Guatemala, Young Women Are on the Front Line The Christian Science Monitor | December 28, 2017 The Christian Science Monitor profiles the ongoing work of Rise Up partners and girl leaders to change not just the policy framework but the deeply entrenched gender stereotypes and socioeconomic conditions that contribute to the high … Read More
Rise Up llega a México – Plano Informativo
Rise Up llega a México Plano Informativo | November 1, 2017 Plano Informativo highlights Rise Up’s expansion to Mexico, where civil society leaders in San Luis Potosí can apply to participate in Rise Up’s Gender Equity Initiative, a new program supported by Cummins Inc. to advance social justice and improve education, equity, and opportunity for girls and women. Read the article … Read More
What’s Next in the Fight to End Child Marriage in Guatemala? – Ms. Magazine
What’s Next in the Fight to End Child Marriage in Guatemala? Ms. Magazine | October 4, 2017 Ms. Magazine spotlights the official ban of child marriage in Guatemala following years of advocacy by activist, allies and girl leaders from Rise Up, partner and grantee – Pro-Family Association of Guatemala (APROFAM), and The Adolescent Girls Working Group (Mesa a favor de … Read More
Starting a Conversation About Intimate Partner Violence in India – The Economist
Starting a Conversation About Intimate Partner Violence in India The Economist | August 9, 2017 The Economist highlights “Kya Yahi Pyar Hai” (“Is This Love?”), a new film directed by Rise Up Youth Champion Gayatri Parameswaran and produced by Love Matters that uses the latest in virtual reality technology to raise awareness around the pervasive problem of gender-based violence and … Read More
Ending Child Marriage in Malawi
In this exclusive interview at the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, Program Manager at Girls Empowerment Network, Malawi, Tamara Mhango discusses her organization’s role in raising the legal age of marriage from 15 to 18 in Malawi.
