Twenty one years old in 1995, Alyse Nelson was determined to get to Beijing to attend the Beijing Platfomr for Action conference. Having no connections, she used her drive and energy to get there and left transformed. Working for women’s empowerment and equality would be her new life’s work.
She found the vehicle at Vital Voices, then newly founded by then First Lady Hillary Clinton as a U.S. foreign policy initiative. Alyse lead in its transformation into a non-governmental organization that finds women leaders who know what needs to be done, and then supports their work and realize their vision. Through these leaders, they have reached over 500,000 women worldwide.
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At a Glance
Testified at the Hague to urge the International Court of Justice to classify rape as a political weapon in the DRC
Founder of the South Kivu Women's Media Association
Honors
Chouchou Namegabe is a Congolese activist, radio journalist, and social change innovator. She trained rural and urban Congolese female journalists to report about sexual violence and human rights abuses.
Ms. Namegabe has testified at the Hague to urge the International Court of Justice to classify rape as a political weapon in the DRC, and in Washington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on violence against women.
Chouchou founded South Kivu’s Association of Women Journalists (Association des Femmes des Médias du Sud Kivu or AFEM) in 2003, which works to increase women’s representation in the media, mentors female journalists, and advocates for women’s rights, particularly in rural communities, in eastern DRC.
Chouchou holds a Master’s degree in Media management from university of Lille, France.
At a Glance
Leader of Vital Voices
Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Serves on advisory boards of Chime for Change and Global Citizen
Honors
Twenty one years old in 1995, Alyse Nelson was determined to get to Beijing to attend the Beijing Platform for Action conference. Having no connections, she used her drive and energy to get there and left transformed. Working for women's empowerment and equality would be her new life's work.
She found the vehicle at Vital Voices, then newly founded by then First Lady Hillary Clinton as a U.S. foreign policy initiative. Alyse led in its transformation into a non-governmental organization that finds women leaders who know what needs to be done, and then supports their work to realize their vision. Through these leaders, they have reached over 500,000 women worldwide.
Alyse is the author of the best-selling book Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World and the editor of Vital Voices: 100 Women Using Their Power to Empower. She has been featured in various international and national media.
She holds a BA from Emerson College and an MA from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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