MEMORY BANDA - Human and Girls’ Rights Activist - Founder of Foundation for Girls Leadership

Memory Banda is a human and girls’ rights activist, and the founder and executive director of Foundation for Girls Leadership; a not-for-profit organization in Malawi working to advance and promote girl’s rights, their leadership and their active participation in driving positive change. Girls in Malawi are denied their rights to education, sexual reproductive health, and have fewer opportunities to participate in development and economic activities. They are often victims of sexual gender based violence. Memory led a campaign called “I will marry when I want” that contributed to the passing and enactment of the new law and amendment of Malawi constitution that criminalizes marriages of minors. www.f4gl.org Photo credit: Young Activists Summit www.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.org