3 ‘innovators’ from PH join elite list of world’s ‘social entrepreneurs’
Three “changemakers” in the Philippines were inducted as Ashoka fellows in Taguig City on Wednesday night, bringing to nine the number of people in the country who are part of the world’s largest and most prestigious network of social innovators. The newest additions to the elite group are Amina...
Amina Evangelista Swanepoel has been empowering girls through health education
Palawan’s New Ashoka Fellow
This Young African Social Entrepreneur Is Taking Her Social Business to the Next Level
Ellen Chilemba is something of a powerhouse. Recently named by Forbes as one of Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs under 30, her vision is to help women create paths out of poverty and to break the cycle of child marriage and lost potential. But Chilemba isn’t stopping there. Built into Tiwale’s...
Great time to invest in women entrepreneurs, says Mann Deshi Bank’s Chetna Sinha
Chetna Sinha, along with six other women, will co-chair the 48th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting to be held at Davos between 23 and 26 January. This is the first time that the WEF panel will have all women co-chairs. Sinha tells us why the panel with all women co-chairs is a historic move...
Shreen Saroor
Ashoka Fellow since Aug 2017
Sri Lanka
Women's Action Network (WAN), Mannar Women's Development Federation (MWDF)
Recognising that the women’s movement in Sri Lanka needs a new generation of leaders post its deadly civil war, Shreen is creating a new cadre of young women that is bringing new solutions to overcome the socio-cultural inequalities that have long prevented women from exercising their citizenship in...
Read moreA Huge Energy Came Through the Prison Walls to Me
We in Hungary who are fighting for the freedom of an Ashoka Fellow Dr. Agnes Gereb, for the right of midwives to assist at homebirths and for the rights of Hungarian mothers' to fulfill their constitutional right to homebirth have been so fortunate to have Ashoka as our ally and friend. From the...
Ashoka's Changemakers Reflects on ChangemakeHERS Campaign, Women's Issues
In honor of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, Ashoka's Changemakers launched the inaugural ChangemakeHERS movement, celebrating the work and social impact of some of the world's most inspirational women. Building on Ashoka's 30-year history as a pioneer in social entrepreneurship...