15 YEARS OF GLOBAL IMPACT
This year marks Rise Up’s 15th anniversary, and we are proud to share that our global network of leaders has improved the lives of 172 million people.
Our new report, 15 Years of Global Impact, is now available, and it is filled with stories of courage, dedication, and a commitment to transformational change. We hope you find this report to be both a celebration and a call to action for gender equity and justice around the world.
Our report features diverse voices in the global movement for gender equity and justice, including Rise Up’s Co-founders, visionary local leaders from Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States, strategic partners, and more.
Rise Up Leaders featured in the report are working on the greatest challenges facing their communities, such as protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights, preventing gender-based violence, ending child marriage, and strengthening women’s economic opportunity, among other critical issues.
Here are highlights from the report.
15 YEARS OF GLOBAL IMPACT
This year marks Rise Up’s 15th anniversary, and we are proud to share that our global network of leaders has improved the lives of 172 million people.
Our new report, 15 Years of Global Impact, is now available, and it is filled with stories of courage, dedication, and a commitment to transformational change. We hope you find this report to be both a celebration and a call to action for gender equity and justice around the world.
Our report features diverse voices in the global movement for gender equity and justice, including Rise Up’s Co-founders, visionary local leaders from Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States, strategic partners, and more.
Rise Up Leaders featured in the report are working on the greatest challenges facing their communities, such as protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights, preventing gender-based violence, ending child marriage, and strengthening women’s economic opportunity, among other critical issues.
Report highlights
Rise Up Co-founders
“Over the past 15 years, we have discovered a remarkably successful formula to improve education, health, and economic opportunity: finding local leaders with lived experience, providing them with advocacy and leadership training, investing in their solutions through grant funding and technical assistance, and expanding their global network.”
– Dr. Denise Raquel Dunning and Josie Ramos, Rise Up Co-founders
Rise Up Leaders
“My passion and dedication are ignited when I witness the radiant smiles of vulnerable women and girls who receive the justice that is rightfully due to them. I hope for a future where the rights of women and girls are protected and equal opportunities are promoted.”
– Nsini Udonta, Rise Up Leader, Nigeria, protecting women and girls from gender-based violence
“I’m grateful for these years of working with Rise Up because I now have the necessary tools and skills to integrate advocacy into everything we do at Juntos. I hope to keep on developing and implementing projects that facilitate ways for girls, teens and women with disabilities to have greater opportunities for inclusion and to improve their own lives.”
– Alejandra García Muñiz, Rise Up Leader, Mexico, strengthening disability rights for women and girls
“Rise Up’s Leadership Accelerator helped me to break the stereotypes involving girls in STEM education. I witnessed myself and my organization striving towards gender transformative action.”
– Ashwani Tiwari, Rise Up Leader, India, expanding STEM education for girls
“Rise Up has invited young leaders to identify themselves, cultivate their leadership skills, and gain new perspectives on the way we address global issues in sexual and reproductive health.”
– Tyler Harden, Rise Up Leader, U.S., fighting for reproductive rights
Leadership Council
We are grateful for the Leadership Council’s partnership and commitment to global gender equity and look forward to continuing to grow this group of engaged supporters. Learn more about Rise Up’s Leadership Council.
Rise Up Leadership Council members with Rise Up team
“I support Rise Up because it stands for everything I’ve believed in and fought for my entire life and career — a more gender just world. I am honored to be a part of Rise Up’s Leadership Council because it gives me the opportunity to learn from others who share Rise Up’s values, and because my connection to this work is personal.”
– Purnima Mane, Rise Up Leadership Council member
Strategic Partners
“We have partnered with Rise Up for the past decade because we value the team’s deep expertise in leadership development and their unique approach to identifying, training, and supporting young leaders to advance sexual and reproductive health and gender equity.”
– Lana Dakan, Global Reproductive Health Director at the Packard Foundation
“Cummins Powers Women partners with best in class global nonprofits who have tested models for impact and are driving large-scale change through outcomes-based programs. We are proud to partner with Rise Up to improve the lives of millions of women and girls around the world and advance gender equity in the communities and countries where Cummins employees work and live.”
– Jennifer Rumsey, Chair and CEO, Cummins Inc.
