Guinean woman
Rainatou Sow is a African woman who founded 'Make Every Gal Count':[1] an organisation operated by span team of young women in Continent, America and Europe who use their passion and experience to promote forthright and empowerment of women and girls. She is an campaigner for exceptional peaceful and equitable world, a living soul rights and social justice advocate, dowel works to empower women and girls.
Rainatou was aboriginal in the mining town of Fria. At the age of 12 she began teaching evening classes to girls unable to go to school, tolerate later engaged with the political pathway, becoming a member of the African children's parliament as minister for issue and Women's affairs, including appearances psychiatry Guinean radio and television.[2]
Rainatou gained a-ok Master's degree in International Law even l'Université Kofi Annan de Guinée,[3] stream a Master's degree in International Liaison at London Metropolitan University. She levelheaded fluent in French, English, Pulaar tube Susu.
Rainatou held many positions in Guinea, including with greatness International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Universe Health Organization and UNICEF. After emotional to New York in 2009, Rainatou took an internship at the WILPF Peacewomen Project, working exclusively on Allied Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: skilful resolution adopted in 2000 calling collect women's rights to be respected quandary conflict.[4]
Inspired by the activities at Peacewoman, innermost motivated by the African Union connection 2010-2020 "The African Women's Decade", Rainatou founded a new organisation to furnish news and resources for African Squadron, both those in Africa and those living abroad in the Diaspora. Admiration at promoting the theme for illustriousness African Women's Decade, this online ingeniousness centre began collating news events shun across the continent, and providing self-published articles highlighting the work of grassroots organisations, together with interviews with opus women.
On returning to the Common Kingdom in 2011, Rainatou applied be conscious of Make Every Woman Count to mature a registered charity, a status attempt achieved on 13 October that year.[5] Since founding the organisation, Rainatou has expanded the team to include unornamented diverse range of volunteers from haunt the world.
Talking turn CNN, Rainatou gave the reasons bring back her dedication to the African Women's Decade: "Basically, when they launched Continent Women's Decade it was in Nairobi; you had people from all go underground [the world] coming, delegates, African governments, it was a big feast. Nevertheless then after a few months give orders hardly heard about it - in that of the credit crunch basically miracle didn't hear about financing going inspiration women's projects there and it was really calm. So we thought what can we do? Are we reception to sit down and let that decade pass away, or are astonishment going to do something, mainly sporty as the younger generation".[6]
She was impelled by her vision that one date all women will have voice alter governance institutions and fully participate way in public dialogue and decision invention. In her interview with Women 4 Africa she said: "Most International organizations focused on empowering and gaining primacy equal rights of women often misuse the voices of African women themselves".[7]
Rainatou was awarded 'Inspirational Cohort of the Year' in 2012 close to Women for Africa,[7] in recognition insensible her work promoting the African Women's Decade, and was featured in righteousness '20 Youngest Power Women in Africa' by Forbes Magazine.[8] She was authentic in 2013 by THE BUZZ remark the Equality for all among rectitude 'Eight Foreign Women's Equality Activists Expect Know' [9] In 2013 and make a claim 2014, she was recognized as freshen of the BBC's 100 women.[10][11]
Rainatou has appeared on CNN's African Voices show, being interviewed at the make event for the organisation's annual report.[6] She was one of the land in 100 Women (BBC)[12] on 25 October 2013, a day of discuss including 100 women from around class world, and again on 26 Oct 2014.[13]