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Fulbright Alumna Promotes STEM Education for Girls at Clinton Global Initiative
Joy Buolamwini developed Code 4 Rights with the mission to ensure that every country in the world has accessible information about local services that support women’s rights and that women are given the opportunity to create beneficial technology.
Access for Girls [A TechGirls Video Portrait]
Manal Elyaalaoui, a 2014 TechGirl participant, is increasing access to creativity for women and girls in Morocco.
Inspiring Girls in Technology [A TechGirl Video Portrait]
Kenza Arab, a 2014 TechGirl participant from Algeria, is inspiring youth to follow their dreams.
Expanding Resources for Girls [A TechGirl Video Portrait]
Tala Sallam, a 2014 TechGirl participant from Jordan, is expanding resources for women and girls in her home community.
Getting Down To Business in Tunisia
After participating in a 2012 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) focused on entrepreneurship and women’s issues, Leila helped establish a partnership between the Tunis Business School, where she teaches, and the World Trade Organization Chairs Programme (WCP), where she is a newly-minted Chair.
BFTF: Best Friends Together Forever
Following his exchange, Daniel helped found the Youth Ambassadors Summer Institute (YASI), a week-long program that brings together young adults and trains them to become politically active citizens and build relationships among European countries.
American Alumni Offer Warm Boston Welcome to International Visitors
More than a dozen American alumni of U.S. government-sponsored international exchange programs greeted a group of visitors from the Middle East and North Africa on the last stop of their International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).
“Rights Are Won Only by Those Who Make Their Voices Heard”
Lizeth Martínez returned to Mexico after her IVLP exchange to found Derechos Humanos Integrales en Acción, a nonprofit that fights for LGBT rights through legal advocacy.
Feeding Tanzania and Growing the East African Agricultural Sector
As CEO of the Tanzania Horticultural Association, 2012 YALI Alumna Jacqueline Mkindi works to help increase farmers’ incomes, improve food security, boost nutrition, and to grow agricultural industry to create thousands of new pre- and post-harvest jobs.