The Collective Impact Partnership (CIP) leverages the powerful work of Rise Up Together, How Women Lead, the Public Health Institute, Global Fund for Women, and World Pulse to increase the economic power of women and girls in India. With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CIP’s innovative approach builds women leaders’ advocacy, individual leadership, and digital capacities to … Read More
Rise Up Together Fellow Reflections of 2018 UNGA
Rise Up Together Fellows Alejandra García Muñiz and Ricardo Preciado Jiménez share reflections of their visit to the 2018 United Nations General Assembly.
2018 Cummins Inc Global Women’s Conference Keynote Speech
Rise Up Together Founder and Executive Director Dr. Denise Dunning at the 2018 Cummins Inc Global Women’s Conference for Leadership, where Cummins announced a landmark initiative, and a $6 million investment in Rise Up Together, representing Cummins’ dedication to creating large-scale impact in the lives of girls and women globally. Rise Up Together Founder Denise Dunning’s Keynote speech at the … Read More
Youth Have the Power
Rise Up Together’s Youth Champions Initiative (YCI) believes in the power of youth. In this video, YCI Youth Champions make their voices heard.
A Warrior’s Cry Against Child Marriage
Rise Up Together Girl Leader Memory Banda’s life took a different path from her sister’s. When her sister reached puberty, she was sent to a traditional “initiation camp” that teaches girls “how to sexually please a man.” She got pregnant there at age 11. But Memory refused to go. Instead, she organized other girls and asked village chiefs to issue … Read More
Social Good Summit – Memory Banda and Denise Dunning
During the 2016 Social Good Summit, Rise Up Together Girl Leader Memory Banda talks with Rise Up Together Executive Director Denise Dunning. She shares her powerful work with girls and cites the 2015 landmark law that ended child marriage in Malawi.
Clinton Global Initiative — Memory Banda and Chelsea Clinton
During the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative, Rise Up Together Girl Leader Memory Banda was interviewed by Chelsea Clinton. She talks about how girls end up in child marriages and her campaign culminating in the 2015 national law banning this traditional practice in Malawi.
Investing in Girls – Denise Dunning on Full Frame
Denise Dunning talks to Mike Walter on Full Frame, CCTV America, about Rise Up Together’s work to transform the lives of girls, youth and women around the globe.
Women Deliver + Social Good: Ambassador Catherine Russell & Tinbit Daniel
In an interview with Ambassador Catherine Russell at Women Deliver 2016, Rise Up Together Youth Champion Tinbit Daniel discusses her work evolving gender roles in Ethiopia.
Girls Behind the Camera – Malawi (Short Version)
Rise Up Together enabled six Malawian girls to write, produce, direct and record this video sharing their experiences overcoming injustice. Each girl’s story focuses on her priority issue – including access to education, child marriage, and sexual assault.
