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
Asociación Renacimiento
Renacimiento aims to contribute to the development of children, adolescents, and youth in four municipalities of the department of Chimaltenango and several municipalities in the department of Sacatepéquez. They work alongside maternal-child, education , agriculture, and health programs and organizations.
Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencía Sociale | Ministerio de Salud
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance provides healthcare and social support services to Guatemalans across the country. Rise Up and Let Girls Lead worked with the Ministry of Public Health through the facilitation of Save the Children Guatemala. Save the Children is a member of the global movement Save the Children and contributes to enriching the processes for advancing … Read More
La Red de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos de las Adolescentes de Guate
La Red brings together individuals and non-governmental organizations to promote, defend, and advocate for the sexual and reproductive rights of adolescent girls in Guatemala. This is accomplished through technical capacity building, political advocacy, as well as social research and audits.
Asociación IDEI
IDEI seeks to increase coverage and access of rural families to comprehensive reproductive and child health quality. Their work contributes to the improvement of the health, education, gender equity, human rights, community participation, and respect for culture in the south-west area of Guatemala.
