A generation of
rising minds
This is Rising Minds, the platform for young people to shape conversations on the issues that impact their wellbeing.
First launched as a pop-up radio show at the Women Deliver 2023 conference, all Rising Minds episodes are now published as a resource available for all to access.
Listen now to delve into the obstacles facing today’s young people and be inspired by the solutions and stories of those leading the way.
Topics we explore:
Digital Rights
Over 70% of young people have reported experiencing cyberbullying.
There are many challenges to navigate in the online world, from protecting online privacy to upholding freedom of expression.
Tune in to explore the solutions for creating a safer, more equitable online space where young people can fully participate in the digital age.
Mental Health
Did you know 1/5 children and adolescents experience a mental health challenge?
These episodes interrogate how to take action, addressing common challenges and questions surrounding the mental health of young people and ways to create a healthier future.
Adolescent Health & Wellbeing
Generations must work together to ensure young people have everything that’s needed to live with their full rights, grow in secure and healthy relationships, and reach their potential.
Hear from young people and allies on partnering with young people on what today’s youth want and need to thrive, covering some of the world’s biggest challenges, including health, resilience, education and the planet.
Meet our Rising Minds
Jihad Bnimoussa
Jihad is a Moroccan American Psychologist and founder of InspireCorp, a mental health social enterprise in the MENA region specialized in building high impact mental health prevention programs using a resilience approach. Her work reaches thousands of teachers and social workers, and 8 million youth in Morocco. She is a Youth Advisor for Being-Grand Challenges Canada, a Stanford AMENDS Fellow and an Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leader, has presented her work in UK Parliament, MISK Global Forum, TEDxYouth, and other international forums. Her work has been featured through various press outlets including BBC radio, Women in Leadership Magazine, Medi1TV, Morocco World News and Hespress.
Agha-Nwi Fru
Agha-Nwi Fru is a certified trauma healing specialist currently serving as Founder and Executive Director at SEMBE a female led civil society organization in Cameroon working on mental health promotion, youth and women issues. Agha holds a Masters in Project management from the Social Change School in Madrid, Spain and another Masters in Corporate Communications from the University of Douala in Cameroon. Prior to SEMBE, she enjoyed a rich career in Journalism and Communications, working with various national media houses and International oganisations including the United Nations. When she’s not working, Agha is doting wife and mother of two toddlers who loves cooking, eating good food and sharing a good old laugh with family and friends.
Sumaiyah Omar
Sumaiyah is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Data Protection Officer. She is a founding partner at Hussein & Omar Advocates, a bespoke law firm that majors on litigation and technology law. She is also the founder and lead Data Governance at Ideate Tech Policy Africa (ITPA), a premier tech policy consulting and social enterprise firm.
She is one of the youngest Certified Professional Mediators (CPM) with the Mediation Institute East Africa and an Associate at the Chartered institute of Arbitrators Kenya. She is also a licensed patent agent and currently undertaking her Company Secretary Certification.
She is passionate about activism and is the lead researcher at Linda Data Campaign by Foundation Botna, Amnesty International and Amnesty Kenya. She is also part of a global Activist led Advisory group that influences Amnesty International Work.
She has over 5 years experience in Data Governance, Technology Policy & Digital Rights, Start-up Advisory, Digital campaigns, Intellectual Property and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Sumaiyah is ardent about travel, coffee, comedy and is an avid meme collector.
Dorcas Zoogah
Dorcas Zoogah Yingura has over 5 years of experience in Civic engagement and advocacy specifically focusing on women empowerment as well as climate resilience and sustainability. Currently, Dorcas is the national chairperson for Young Urban Women's Movement where she directs and organizes advocacy activities and trainings for individuals to discuss, strategize, plan, evaluate and carry out various forms of youth led activisms which strengthens women's legal status and rights, and expands their economic opportunities. Dorcas holds a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Technology from University for Development Studies where her research focused on the ""influence of gender stereotypes of individual choice of women in Agriculture"". Dorcas is driven by her commitment to social justice (gender equity) and greater livelihood security for women, especially in rural areas and the vulnerable ones. Dorcas plans to take advantage of her networks and knowledge thought to improve her advocacy and engagements in gender and sexual reproductive health and rights in order to increase women's opportunities and resources, their sense of worth and ensure their voice, inclusion and participation in decision making agendas.
She is passionate about empowering women and young people to contribute to improving lives in her community. She has been instrumental in leading other young in advocating for just opportunities and creating spaces for women and young people to make their voices heard.
Dorcas is also the youngest General Assembly member for actionaid Ghana.
Dorcas is also known as an entrepreneur. Currently she is doing her mandatory national services for her country Ghana.
Nadia Tjahja
Nadia Tjahja is a PhD Fellow and Co-Coordinator of the Digital Governance Cluster at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) working on Global and Regional Multistakeholder Institutions (GREMLIN project), where she is researching the legitimacy of multistakeholderism in Internet Governance. She is a member of the EuroDIG Secretariat as the youth coordinator of the Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance (YOUthDIG) since 2022, and was member of the YOUthDIG Organising Team and Lead Facilitator of the YOUthDIG messages since 2019, having attended YOUthDIG herself in 2018. She is also the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) Communications Chair, youth advisory board member of EURid (the registry manager of the .eu domain name) and a member of the UN IGF Youth Track Multistakeholder Working Group. Nadia regularly participates in consultations and advisory panels on Internet Governance topics for the European Commission and the Council of Europe.
Imani Henrick
Imani Henrick is an award-winning digital content creator, recognized for her inspiring youth and being the best female TV presenter. She is also the only African winner of the Youth Peace Challenge (YPC) organized by the Korean Government. With a bachelor's degree in journalism and over 5 years of experience, she is a digital rights advocate, experienced in broadcasting and media production, digital rights advocacy (including youth and women inclusion), media management, communication, podcasting, and project management.
Over the past 5 years, she has been advocating for digital rights and the inclusion of women and youth in cyberspace, providing education and capacity-building to the younger Tanzanian generation through event planning, radio sessions, social media advocacy, and leadership. She has worked with multiple organizations, both national and international, in the areas of communications, team building, and implementing projects that focus on human rights and digital rights.
Imani is a Thomson Reuters Changemaker and mentee under the Digital Rights as Human Rights Project. She is also the founder of the podcast Dig It with Imani, which raises awareness about digital rights and inclusion, digital opportunities, online gender-based violence for women, youth, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups.
Currently, Imani works as the station manager for Kings FM Radio in Njombe, Tanzania.
