This International Equal Pay Day, we're honored to stand alongside the leaders and communities working toward a world where women and girls are valued and paid equally. #EqualPayDay #GenderEquality #EconomicEmpowerment #FinancialInclusion #EqualPay

In partnership with Cummins India Foundation, we're proud to introduce the first grantees of our Climate Solutions Lab! Meet all the leaders! 🌎 https://www.riseuptogether.org/meet-our-first-climate-solutions-lab-grantees/

Patricia Torres Sánchez came to the 2026 Mexico Accelerator with a vision for change. She left with new advocacy tools and a community of leaders advancing change in their own ways. "Some are driven by love, others by pain, but each has created a unique path for advocating and creating change."

🧵 1/8 - It is a school morning. A girl wakes up, and her period has started. There are no pads at home this month.

Proud to have had our Kenya country representative, Naomi Monda, in Nairobi last week for the 2nd EAC regional conference on education. ✨ That belief sits at the heart of how we work. Grateful to Naomi for representing it. 🙌 #EACREC2026 #CommitmentsToImpact

Today is International Literacy Day. In 2019, Rise Up Leader Sarmad Muhammad Soomar wrote a children's storybook, Wo Kahani, so kids in Pakistan could grow up seeing girls as leaders and boys as caregivers. It's now reached more than 5,000 children across six countries. 🌎#InternationalLiteracyDay

This World Sexual Health Day, we stand with those working to change the systems that limit access, challenge stigma, and ensure everyone has the information, care, and agency to make decisions about their own health and body. 🌎

🎉 Congratulations to Rise Up Leader Aminah Elster, who has been selected as a 2026 Echoing Green Fellow! We’re thrilled to see Aminah’s leadership recognized – and proud to have her as part of the Rise Up Together network. Congratulations, Aminah! 💜

Applications for our 2026 Leadership Accelerator in Maharashtra, India closes September 20. Local leaders working toward gender equity: training, competitive grant funding, and a six-day in-person workshop in December. Apply now 🔗 https://bit.ly/RUT-India-2026

Today, we join people around the world in mourning the passing of Gloria Steinem — a trailblazing feminist, writer, activist, and lifelong champion for gender equality. Rest in power, Gloria. Your voice — and your belief in the value of every one of ours — will continue to resonate. ❤️

Your free vote can help fund local leaders! This month, Rise Up Together is a featured nonprofit in CREDO Mobile's September giving program, and you help decide how the funding is distributed. Voting is free and open to everyone! 🔗 Vote here: https://www.credodonations.com/organizations/rise-up/

Kinda chic to swipe through. 🌎 This is the work Rise Up Together backs every day: local leaders driving change across education, health, economic opportunity, and climate.

What does an architect do? They picture something that doesn't exist yet, then bring together everything it takes to build it. Hold that thought. 🧵

Rise Up Leader @amikamota.bsky.social was incarcerated in both of California's women's prisons. Now she's helping rewrite the rules inside them. Through Sister Warriors, she and her team went from sharing testimony to drafting legislation themselves.

Around the world, Rise Up Leaders are turning that power into action: strengthening education, improving health, expanding economic opportunity, advancing climate solutions, and changing policies and systems so they work better for women and girls.

123 years. At today's pace, that's how long it will take to close the global gender gap, and no economy has closed it yet. 🧵 A thread: 5 facts that change how you see gender justice.

Joyce and Ntokozo met at our South Africa Accelerator and built Zizojik'Izinto, Things Will Turn Around, to strengthen women's political representation in KwaZulu-Natal. 1,600+ advocates trained, plus a government commitment. 🔗 www.riseuptogether.org/global-good-...

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When Joyce Nomagugu Msomi and Ntokozo Madlala first met at the Rise Up Together South Africa Accelerator in 2020, they quickly realized they shared more than a passion for gender equity – they shared ...

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What does it take to change your community? These leaders have an answer. At our Mexico Accelerator, changemakers like Eréndira Bárcena Vital, Cristin So we want to hear from you: what is one change you want to see in your community? Tell us in the comments.

The people closest to a problem are closest to the solution. That belief is the whole reason Rise Up Together exists. New here? This is the best place to start. Swipe through to meet us.

Flashback to our Accelerator in Nigeria. Our Director of Strategic Partnerships, Jennifer Broome, saw how Rise Up leaders work every day for dignity, safety, and opportunity at home. Lasting change starts with local leaders. Where in the world are you reading this from? 🌍

"Small, structurally aligned actions can unlock bigger systemic change." Rise Up Leader, Belinda Crawford

What happens when you put a room full of local leaders together for one week? They leave with the skills, strategy, and network to change systems back home. A look back at our Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator in Kenya, where that change starts. #RiseUpLeaders #RiseUpTogether #GenderJustice

We spent three months listening to climate and gender justice leaders across five countries. The clearest takeaway: the sector keeps asking how to build climate solutions for these communities. Local leaders are already building them. (1/6)

REMINDER 📣 We're searching for our next cohort of #RiseUpLeaders in Kenya! Learn more and apply ➡️ bit.ly/RUT-Kenya2026-RFA 📅 Accelerator dates: November 2-7, 2026 ⏰ Application deadline: July 19, 2026

This #FourthOfJuly, we're reflecting on this truth: Stronger democracies are built by people. #RiseUpLeaders are advancing policies, strengthening institutions & expanding opportunities so more people can shape the decisions that affect their lives – and we're honored to stand alongside them. ✊

ICYMI 🗣️ Yesterday we brought together global movement leaders for our webinar “What Local Leaders Are Teaching Us About Climate Justice” – a conversation grounded in the experiences, insights and solutions of communities on the frontlines of #ClimateChange. Watch here: bit.ly/RUT-climate-webinar26 🔗

MEET THE SPEAKERS 🗣️ This Thursday, we’re bringing together our global team & alumni network for our webinar, “What Local Leaders Are Teaching Us About Climate Justice,” a conversation on community-led solutions at the intersection of climate and gender justice ⬇️ #PromoSky #ClimateJustice (🧵 1/2)

#PrideMonth: We’re proud to share the latest edition of our #GlobalGoodNews series featuring Rise Up Leader Souvik Saha! He's fighting to strengthen access to affirming healthcare services for 14,000 #transgender people in Jharkhand, India. 🏳️‍⚧️ Full story: bit.ly/RUT-GGN-June2026

We're searching for our next cohort of #RiseUpLeaders in Kenya, who will strengthen gender equity by advancing girls’ education! We’ll be selecting leaders to participate in our Leadership & Advocacy Accelerator from Nov. 2-7. ⏰ Deadline: July 19, 2026 🔗 Learn more/apply: bit.ly/RUT-Kenya2026...

WATCH 📽️ Meet Rise Up Leader Guadalupe Sánchez Arias from #Mexico, who is working with Juntos, A.C. to strengthen community and educational development for people and women with disabilities. ✨ Read more about our Mexico Accelerator at bit.ly/RUT-mexico-accelerator 🔗 #PromoSky