Meet us
Diaka Salena Koroma, 27
Issa Fofana, 25
Jattu Bockarie, 27
Chairperson - Youth Led Movement
Chair - Media Working Group
Port Loko: A passionate girls' rights activist and a social entrepreneur, Her dream is to empower women and young girls and to help them realize their potential in a society where succeeding as a woman is not by chance. Diaka is the director of a non-profit Social Enterprise that advocates against FGM, child marriage, and forms of GBV.
Chair - Research Working Group
Njala Moyamba: Issa Fofana is a Research and Teaching Assistant at Njala University School of Technology, Department of Physics and Computer Science. He is the Sierra Leone Under 18 National Basketball Coach, and passionate about the intersection of research and advocacy.
Chair - Community Outreach Working Group
Port Loko: A passionate girls' rights activist and a social entrepreneur, Her dream is to empower women and young girls and to help them realize their potential in a society where succeeding as a woman is not by chance. Diaka is the director of a non-profit Social Enterprise that advocates against FGM, child marriage, and forms of GBV.
Precious Ebidu Lamin, 23
Member of the Outreach/Community Engagement Working Group
Freetown: A social and financial entrepreneur, Precious is the Founder and Director of the Preyian Foundation, a non-profit CBO that creates safe space for children and women through education, counselling, advocacy, skills training and mentorship, including providing support for teen moms and ending all forms of GBV. Precious holds a BSc in Peace and Conflict studies, and is completing her MA in Gender studies.
Partnerships Liaison Officer
Jui: Founder and Executive Director of the Children's Assurance Program (CAP-SL), Baimba is a child protection advocate with strong interest in ending all forms of violence against children, especially girls. He believe in community coalitions, and working with local authorities to impact change.
Baimba O. Sheriff
Umu Alberta Kamara
Secretary of the YLM
Community Engagement Working Group
East Freetown: Umu is currently the Programs and Communications Officer with Girlz Empowered Sierra Leone, a law student at Fourah Bay College, and a social entrepeneur and activist passionate about the rights of girls and women.
Marco P. Koroma, 25
Terencia Catherine Macfoy, 27
Member of the Media Working Group
Gambia/Freetown: Marco is a young, creative, African interested in media, communications, arts, and culture.
Member of the Media and Research Working Groups
Freetown: Orignally a teacher, Terencia is now an Inspector with the Sierra Leone Police and a law student. In both careers, she was struck by the struggles she saw women go through, and inspired to become an advocate for women's rights and youth empowerment.
Sheku Foryoh
Member of the Media and Community Engagement teams
Freetown: Foryoh is a youth and child advocate, He4She Ambassador, and CEO of the Youth and Children's Advocacy Panel International.
Arma Quist
Desmond
Esther Junisa, 23
Chair of the Partnerships Working Group
Armah is originally from Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Member of the Partnerships Working Group
Desmond is originally from Jui, Western Area, Sierra Leone.
Member of the Community Engagement Working Group
Goderich: Esther is a student in Social Work, and passionate about the rights of women and girls.
Esther Chidinma Michael Emelu, 30
Fatmata Enna Kamara
Mohamed A. Kanu
Member of the Media & Partnerships Working Group
Nigeria/Freetown: Esther is a Nigerian-Sierra Leonean musician, social entrepreneur, content creator and banker.
Member of the Community Engagement Working Group
Fatmata is originally from Waterloo, Western Area, Sierra Leone
Team Leader of the Community Engagement Working Group
Western area: With a background in Communications and Global Health, Mohamed is a guest Lecturer at Limkokwing University, and works in the private sector as a Company Secretary. Mohamed is a passionate activist and social mobilizer.