IMPACT
Partnering with Women, Girls, and Allies for Gender Justice Everywhere
Rise Up partners with women, girls, and allies who are transforming their communities and countries as part of a global movement for justice and equity. We build power with these local leaders as they work for equity in education, health, and economic opportunity to create a better future for all.
Since 2009, Rise Up’s powerful network of 882 leaders has successfully advocated for 218 new and improved laws and policies, positively impacting 172 million people around the world.
15 Years of Global Impact
Our Annual Reports
A Bold New Vision and Plan
Our External Evaluations
Continuous learning and evaluation are central to Rise Up’s success. We are proud to share our 2022 External Evaluation Report (haga clic aquí para leer en Español), an assessment of our impact from 2017-2022, conducted by Dalberg Advisors, and our 2019 External Evaluation Report, an assessment of our impact from 2009-2019, conducted by the Institute of International Education.
Our Impact Methodology
In 2019, Rise Up partnered with the Institute of International Education’s (IIE’s) Research, Evaluation, and Learning team to conduct a rigorous external evaluation of Rise Up’s model and impacts. The evaluation examined Rise Up Leaders’ advocacy achievements in the areas of health, education, well-being, and rights, in addition to their increased skills, capacity, professional growth, and engagement with girls, youth, and women since joining Rise Up. IIE’s team invited Rise Up Leaders to take part in the evaluation, which generated a 78% response rate and was a representative sample of Rise Up Leaders.
The IIE Evaluation built upon earlier findings from Rise Up’s 2016 impact survey, which had a response rate of 59%. These two evaluations are the basis for Rise Up’s global impact numbers over the past ten years. In both evaluations, Rise Up Leaders reported on national and sub-national advocacy successes, including passage and improved implementation of formal laws and policies, in addition to budget allocations and other advocacy impacts.
Rise Up Leaders’ reported impacts were included in the global impact numbers if the laws and policies had already been passed or better implemented at the time of the assessment, following full validation by Rise Up staff and in-country experts. Ongoing advocacy work to pass a law or policy was not counted in the evaluation, and multiple mentions of the same law, policy or advocacy win were counted only once. Calculations are based on UN Development Program population estimates for the relevant demographic groups impacted by each national-level law, policy, or advocacy win.
