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Ruth Ibegbuna featured in the WorldWISE Storytelling Project

Ruth Ibegbuna: Rekindling Change: A Vision for Community and Education

Ruth Ibegbuna, CEO &Founder of RECLAIMUnited KingdomSector: ُYouthScaling type: Scaling deep, Scaling outAshoka Fellow since 2014 Link
Rawan Barakat | Inclusive Education Changemaker

Rawan Barakat: Breaking Stereotypes, Building Skills: Fight for Inclusive Education

Rawan Barakat, Founder of RaneenJordanSector: EducationScaling type: Scaling deep, Scaling out, Scaling upAshoka Fellow since 2014
Tracey Chambers | Women Entrepreneurship Changemaker

Tracey Chambers: Empowering Women Through Entrepreneurship

Tracey Chambers, CEO & Co-Founder of TCBSouth AfricaSector: Business & Social Enterprise, Microenterprise, Children & Youth Early childhood development, Poverty alleviationScaling type: Scaling deep, Scaling outAshoka Fellow since 2018 Link Link
Claudia Thomas Riché | Healthcare Changemaker

Claudia Thomas Riché: A World of Changemaking Nurses

Claudia Thomas Riché, Founder of NECH-CIEHHaitiSector: Health CareScaling type: Scaling deep, scaling up, scaling outAshoka Fellow since 2019 Link Claudia Thomas Riché, Founder of NECH-CIEH
Alexandra Machado featured in the WorldWISE Storytelling Project

Alexandra Machado: Models of Reference Shaping a New Mozambique  

Alexandra Machado’s organization Girl MOVE is creating a new generation of female leaders in Mozambique by providing them with role models, or “models of references” and support systems they need to thrive.
Ioana Sandescu Bauer featured in the WorldWISE Storytelling Project

Ioana Sandescu Bauer: Hidden in Plain Sight

Ioana Sandescu Bauer and her team at eLiberare are tackling the pervasive issue of human trafficking in Romania by equipping all members of society with the awareness and prevention tools necessary to stay safe.  Rahet Bally Website Ioana Sandescu Bauer, President of Board of Directorsat eLiberare Bucharest, Romania
Education, Germany, First-Generation Students, Women Social Entrepreneur Katja Urbatsch featured in the WorldWISE Storytelling Project

Katja Urbatsch: Elevating Educational Outcomes for Working-Class Children

Katja Urbatsch sparked a movement for first-generation students or “working-class children” to ensure that all students, regardless of their social backgrounds, are able to attend and thrive in university.   Rahet Bally Website Katja Urbatsch, CEO and Founder of ArbeiterKind.de Berlin, Germany
Nour Emam, This is Mother Being, Education Nour Emam featured in the WorldWISE Storytelling Project

Nour Emam: Egypt’s Instagram Mom

Nour Emam is a doula-turned-sexual health educator who is stepping up to fill a massive gap in body literacy in Egypt and the Arab region. Her platform, Mother Being, is equipping over one million women and girls with knowledge about their bodies through social media content and paid in-depth courses in Arabic.  Rahet Bally Website...
Gemma Galdon-Clavell, Woman Social Entrepreneur, Change maker, Technology Gemma Galdón-Clavell featured in the WorldWISE Storytelling Project

Gemma Galdón-Clavell: Seatbelts for Cars, Audits for Algorithms

 Dr. Gemma Galdón-Clavell and her team at Eticas are mitigating the impact of biased and discriminatory algorithms on consumers through innovative audits.   Rahet Bally Website Dr. Gemma Galdón-Clavell, CEO and Founder of Eticas Barcelona, Spain
Nedgine Paul Deroly, APA Nedgine Paul Deroly featured in the WorldWISE Storytelling Project

Nedgine Paul Deroly: Many Hands Lighten the Load

Nedgine Paul Deroly and her team at Anseye Pou Ayiti are revolutionizing the Haitian education system by training a cadre of local “teacher-leaders” who are fostering a passion for learning within their students and re-introducing Haitian traditions to the classroom. Rahet Bally Website Nedgine Paul Deroly, Co-Founder and CEO of Anseye Pou Ayiti Gonaïves, Haiti 
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