Ending Child Marriage in Tanzania
On Thursday, February 9th, Global Ties U.S. in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, honored Rebeca Gyumi with the IVLP Alumni Award for Social Innovation and Change. Rebeca, who originally visited North Florida on a program aimed at building capacity for nonprofit organizations, successfully led a campaign last year to END CHILD MARRIAGE in Tanzania. Rebeca Gyumi is a Founder & Executive Director at Msichana Initiative, a local NGO which aims to empower girl child t
Promoting Human Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Global Ties U.S. National Network recognized Hoshyar Malo, who first visited North Florida in the summer of 2015, as a finalist in the 2017 Alumni Award for Social Innovation and Change. Hoshyar is the Director of Kurdish Human Rights Watch, an organization focusing on human rights training for police and security agencies, humanitarian assistance and advocacy for the rights of refugees and internal displaced persons, and small business support and development for these g
