“Build a system and structure around yourself that empowers you to make choices and decisions that impacts on you and others positively” 5 Things We Learned From Adenike Ogunlesi at LLA’s Meet and Greet 2019
As part of final activities to mark the end of this year’s Enterprise and Leadership Program, the ELP 2019 cohort visited veteran business leader and entrepreneur, Adenike Ogunlesi, Founder- Ruff n Tumble Kids. Brief Biography Adenike Ogunlesi is the Founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of Ruff ‘n’ Tumble, the foremost indigenous lifestyle brand operating to […]
Kiran Gandhi Free bled at the London Marathon to Drive a Conversation About Sexism and Period Stigma
“If there’s one way to transcend oppression, it’s to run a marathon in whatever way you want. On the marathon course, sexism can be beaten. Where the stigma of a woman’s period is irrelevant, and we can re-write the rules as we choose. Where a woman’s comfort supersedes that of the observer. “I ran with blood […]
#LLAInterview: ”Women who do great work inspire me” Ifrah Ahmed, Founder, The Ifrah Foundation
Somali-Irish activist, Ifrah Ahmed, left Mogadishu at the age of 17 after war broke out. She evaded traffickers and was granted refugee status in Ireland in 2006. Following her immigration experience, she established the United Youth of Ireland, an NGO for young immigrants. The non-governmental organization provides support to young immigrants in their business, artistic […]