In an interview by Comcast, Rise Up Program Coordinator, Claudia Romeu talks about the advocacy workshop held by Rise Up at the first annual World Wide Women’s Girls Festival.
The Power of Youth – Girls and Boys – to Achieve the Global Goals
Rise Up Girl Leader, Achie Gezahegne Gebre talks about the importance of listening to and investing in youth alongside UN Foundation President & CEO, Kathy Calvin at the World Government Summit.
The Period Comics We Wish We Had When We Were Going Through Puberty
Rise Up Youth Champion & Pakistani sexual-health activist Samreen Shahbaz launched Menstrual Matters Comics in partnership with CFx Comics to provide a non-threatening, positive, accessible way for kids to learn about periods.
Photo Essay: Acting and Chatting to End Early Marriage in Malawi
Despite the significant step forward by the Malawian government in raising the minimum age of marriage from 15 to 18, Faith Phiri, Executive Director of Rise Up partner Girls Empowerment Network, talks about the work that must still be done to ensure elimination of the issue.
What Life Is Like When A Girl Marries At 11
Memory Banda, 19, was inspired to help end child marriage in Malawi after her sister was impregnated by a man at an initiation camp and forced to marry him.
Amelia M. Cooper
Amelia M. Cooper is the Executive Director of Aiding Disadvantaged & Traumatized Women & Girls in Liberia. She works with marginalized adolescent girls and women in Nimba County to empower and involve them in advocating for their rights through civic engagement. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from the University of Liberia.
Adeola O. Famak
Adeola is the Executive Director of EDUCARE, a Liberian NGO that promotes community development with a special focus on the economic empowerment of women. She was instrumental in the United Nations’ Disarmament Demobilization Rehabilitation and Reintegration program, a vocational skills training program for disarmed ex-combatants. She has over twenty years of experience in all phases of development, implementation, and evaluation. Adeola … Read More
Beatrice Seeboe
Beatrice Seeboe is the Coordinator of the Women and Children’s Desk of the Inter-Religious Council of Liberia. She leads faith-based women’s groups that address issues related to women and children. She is studying Public Administration at the African Methodist Episcopal University in Monrovia.
Benjamin Tarnue
Benjamin Tarnue is the Executive Secretary for the National Coalition of Civil Society Organization of Liberia (NACCSOL), where he runs the day-to-day activities of the coalition. He is a graduate of the University of Liberia, with certificates in NGO Management and Technical Vocational Education.
Comfort D. Kollie
Comfort is the Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Program Associate at UNFPA Liberia. She works with implementing partners and government Ministries to ensure that young people, particularly adolescent girls, have access to sexual reproductive health and rights information and services. She is a Nurse with degrees from Cuttington University and Cuttington Graduate School.