Maria is the Rural Development Manager for the Association for the Well-Being of Families (APROFAM). She has a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of San Carlos.
Miguel Angel López
Miguel is Director of the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse (CONACMI), which works nationally to prevent and address child abuse in Guatemala. As a consultant, he has worked on investigations related to childhood and adolescence in Guatemala. He has a degree in Psychology from the University of San Carlos and is a docent in the School of Psychology.
Ninfa Alarcón
Ninfa heads the Children’s Rights Department in the Office of Human Rights of the Archbishop of Guatemala (ODHAG). She studied Sociology at the National University of Costa Rica and has a Master’s in Primary Education from the Alfredo Carrillo Ramírez School in Guatemala. She recently received a second Master’s in Child and Adolescent Development from Raphael Landivar University.
Silvia Molina Zaldaña
Silvia is Director of Institutional Strengthening with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation in Guatemala.[:es]Silvia es Directora de Fortalecimiento Institucional con la Agencia Española para la Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo en Guatemala.
Tsehainesh Abay, MPH
Tsehainesh Abay, MPH is the Health Department Head and Health Program Director of the Relief Society of Tigray (REST). REST is engaged in advocacy work on behalf of orphans and youth, people living with HIV, adolescent girls and young women, fighting to reduce gender-based violence including early marriage, fistula, and rape through leadership training for adolescent girls, income-generating activities for early … Read More
Ephrem Berhanu
Ephrem Berhanu is co-founder and Managing Director of Talent Youth Association (TaYA), a youth-led development organization engaged in youth sexual and reproductive health programs. TaYA focuses on ensuring young girls’ participation in matters that affect their lives and promoting gender-equitable health services.
Wubitu Hailu Gebrekristos, MPH
Wubitu Hailu Gebrekristos, MPH is the founder and Managing Director of the Kulich Youth Reproductive Health and Development Organization (KYRHDO), which serves more than twenty thousand adolescent girls in their communities and workplaces with reproductive health services, including HIV/AIDS and Gender issues education. She obtained her Community Nursing diploma from Gondar Public Health College in 1971. She went on to … Read More
Zeritu Kebede
Zeritu Kebede is a singer-songwriter whose debut album “Zeritu” was released in 2006 to widespread acclaim. She has toured around the world and has been involved in public awareness campaigns on HIV/AIDS and other issues in Ethiopia.
Makda Mikre Tessema, LLB
Makda recently served as a project officer at the The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Ethiopia, and is currently enrolled at the Law School of Georgetown University. She graduated from Mekelle University Law School in Ethiopia, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Law in 2006.
Ethiopia Tilahun, BA
Ethiopia works with the Institute of International Education Ethiopia as a program officer for the Ethiopian Women leadership program (EWLP) and the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health (LDM). The goal of these programs is to improve the educational outcomes of female students and to increase young women’s leadership at the university level. She also serves as the national and regional … Read More
