Robyn McKoy, Senior Technical Account Manager at Microsoft Robyn started mentoring Esther five years ago, just as Esther was reaching a critical point in her life – graduating high school and not having the skills to break out of the circle of poverty and find employment. In addition to mentoring, Robyn sponsored Esther’s college education […]
Communication Technology puts HEART into Social Distancing Yes, being 9,000 miles apart, means you are definitely socially distanced. But, Audrey Colle, Microsoft Partner Group Engineering Manager, Azure Global, and 1,800 women, in the Global Give Back Circle, never considered distance to be a barrier to helping to change the destiny of an at-risk girl in […]
What can a Technical Architect at Microsoft learn from a Girl born to be a Child Bride? This pandemic has opened our eyes to see people who were once invisible, enabling us to rediscover the unbiased lenses we were born with. CAT Susch, a Technical Architect at Microsoft, learned how to see the world through […]
Silence is not an option for ending barbaric cultural practices. Political correctness is not an excuse for not ‘calling-out’ the atrocities of the most heinous form of gender-based violence in today’s world. Esther Cheebos is making history in West Pokot, Kenya, by leveraging the power of passion, her commitment to purpose, and the depth of […]
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On a sunny mid-morning Thursday, Lilian James saw her mother walk away with a large brown sisal basket full of cassava and sweet potatoes. She was headed for Sigor market in West Pokot, about eight kilometres away from her home. Read more
Linda Latsko Lockhart and Karen Derr Gilbert, both MBA ’85, share their career trajectories and offer aspiring woman leaders career tips. Read More
Stellah Cherotich had just arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, to attend a prestigious high school for financially disadvantaged girls when she learned about an organization called Global Give Back Circle. The organization offered mentorships and university scholarships, with one catch: you had to commit to implementing a measurable give back project which lifted your community and, […]
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report for 2023, a longstanding index that monitors countries’ progress in narrowing gender gaps since its inception in 2006, positions Kenya at 77th place among 146 countries, indicating that there is room for improvement. Further to this, the representation of women in decision-making processes in Kenya remains […]
Global Give Back Circle leverages connectivity to create opportunities for all women to make an impact. Today, history is in the making as 3,000 mentors walk alongside at-risk adolescent girls, providing them with the tools they need to rise up as economically empowered young women who are breaking down barriers, changing the systems and leading the movement for diversity and inclusion.
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