Stellah Bosire
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Kenya
Born and raised in Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, she has lived in a community that was marginalized both socially and economically. Stellah is…
Mohamed Ali
Governance Kenya
Mohamed Ali fled Somalia’s civil war with his family, part of an exodus of refugees escaping a conflict which left the country in tatters. But…
LaBrisa Williams
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights OK, United States
LaBrisa Williams is the Executive Director of the Tulsa Birth Equity Initiative, an organization whose mission is to equip families in Tulsa to have healthy…
Ahmed “Kura” Omar
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education, Food Security Kenya
Cofounder of The BOMA Project, Kura, designed and implements a data driven, high-impact, gender-focused poverty graduation program that targets ultra-poor women at the epicenter of…
Jerry Blassigname
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship SC, United States
Jerry Blassingame is founder and CEO of Soteria Community Development Corporation in Greenville, SC, where he trains previously incarcerated individuals during their reentry process. After dropping out…
Leah Upton
Health OK, United States
Dr. Leah Upton is a physician leader in a community clinic who builds structures for whole-person, whole-family care that encourages physical, mental, and social health….
Anick Dupuy
Health Haiti
Dupuy grew up in Haiti as daughter of a sociologist who often told his children “The life that we have is not the life of…
Wendo Aszed
Education, Gender Kenya
Wendo is the founder and Executive Director of Dandelion Africa, a grass-roots organization based in Mogotio, Kenya, which focuses on women’s health economic empowerment. A…
Kennedy Odede
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Kenya
Kennedy is one of Africa’s best- known community organizers and social entrepreneurs. For twenty-three years Kennedy lived in the Kibera Slum, the largest slum in…
Koumba Anouma
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire)
Koumba Anouma est une femme africaine engagée pour promouvoir l’accès au financement des femmes entrepreneures africaines, ainsi que pour leur autonomisation. Passionnée par l’éducation financière…
Dorothy Tuma
Governance Uganda
Dorothy’s family fled her native Uganda during the reign of Idi Amin, joining hundreds and soon thousands of Ugandan exiles in neighboring Kenya where they…
Thilmeeza Hussain
Environment, Governance Maldives
Thilmeeza Hussain is the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations, and non-resident High Commissioner to Canada, posts she assumed in 2019. Ms….
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