Today is the UN’s International Day of the Girl and at Spirit in Action we are honored to partner with many wonderful women who are working to improve the lives of girls and women in their community. We are part of a large network of positive change! Today I highlight three inspiring SIA female leaders:
Margaret Ikiara, Director of CIFORD, Kenya
Empowering girls and fighting the practice of female genital mutilation. (Read about her SIA connection.)
Today is International Day of the Girl Child! We’re proud to work with CIFORD, who fight against the harmful practice… Posted by Child.org on Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Naomi Ayot, Small Business Fund Coordinator, Uganda
For her day job, Naomi is the Program Manager of Gender & Human Rights at Action for Community Development – Uganda (Read about her SIA connection.)
#WEaretheLEADERS: If we want to change the status quo in development, recognize grassroots leadership. BIG YES! Thank… Posted by One World Children’s Fund on Monday, October 10, 2016
Wambui Nguyo, Small Business Fund Coordinator, Kenya
A peace-builder and trainer with Initiatives of Change, Kenya. (Read about her SIA connection.)
From the article: “We are often too afraid to take the lead because of fear of the unknown,’ Susan commented. Before the end of the three days training, she had already taken the initiative to reconcile with one of her long time rivals. She even bought an item from her rival’s shop- something she had avoided for a long time. She was amazed at how well her enemy responded to reconciliation after such a long time. ‘Today I have learnt to let every good thing begin where I am before I can pass it on to others. Even my dad, who caused our family so much pain – after selling our family land and misusing all the money drinking. Today I forgive him and will make peace with him.” (Read the full article.)
