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What companies can do to support maternal mental health
To align with ‘World Maternal Mental Health Day’ in May, we are focusing on what more companies can do to support expectant and new mothers. Petra Velzeboer, mental health consultant, shares her personal journey of navigating motherhood, and the importance of an individualised approach to maternal healthcare.
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How to foster a culture of support for mothers returning to the workplace
To align with ‘World Maternal Mental Health Day’ in May, we are focusing on what more companies can do to support expectant and new mothers. In this article, Refiloe Nyoni, CEO, Mindful Revolution, shares how organisations can help new mothers feel sheltered and supported as they return to workforce after maternity leave. 
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Ayobami Abiodun

Ayobami Abiodun Ogunnubi is a Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, Social Entrepreneur and a Poet. She’s passionate about creating a wealthy,…

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Claudia Esparza

Claudia Esparza is the Founder and CEO of Nanas & Amas, the first Peruvian social franchise that has helped more…

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Dickson Ayuka

Dickson Ayuka is the Co-Founder and CEO of UjuziKilimo Solutions, an Agri-technology company empowering farmers to sustainably increase the farm…

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Hana Rado

An accomplished social business entrepreneur, liberal feminist and motivational speaker, Hana dedicates her life to promoting both gender balance worldwide…

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Mavis Nduchwa

Mavis Nduchwa was the Founder and CEO of Chabana Farms (Kalahari Honey) a honey aggregator from Botswana. Founded in 2015,…

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Naziba Naila Wafa

Naziba Naila Wafa is the Co-Founder of Resurgence, a social enterprise that is revolutionising menstrual hygiene in low-income communities through…

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Nicole Vollebregt

Nicole Vollebregt has been with the Adidas brand for 21 years, splitting her tenure between the Portland and Herzogenaurach HQ’s….

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Rosie Warin

Rosie Warin is CEO of Kin&Co, a multi-award winning next generation management consultancy that helps organisations work for the world….

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Simba Mubvuma

Simba Mubvuma is a lawyer and access to justice entrepreneur from Zimbabwe. A self-taught coder, Simba is Co-Founder and CEO…

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Suleiman Kuchengo

Suleiman Kuchengo is a young leader and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ambassador, passionate about creating opportunities and transforming the community…

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Tariq Al-Olaimy is Co-Founder and Managing Director of 3BL Associates, a people and planet strategy consultancy and Think-do-Tank that was…

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Uche Udekwe

Uche Kenneth Udekwe is a social entrepreneur, an SDG Advocate and Founder and CEO of Natal Cares. Natal Cares is…

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Cecilia Crossley

Cecilia Crossley is the Founder of From Babies with Love, a social enterprise which enables corporations to support working parents…

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Amy Clarke

Amy is Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer at Tribe Impact Capital, where she leads on the definition and execution of…

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Seipati Mokhuoa

Seipati Mokhuoa is a seasoned professional with over 10 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry. She has also worked…

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Arzu Pınar Demirel

Arzu is the Founder of Headline Diversity, the first and only Diversity & Inclusion consultancy in Turkey. Headline Diversity supports…

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Meseret Haileyesus

Meseret (Mesi) is a multi-award-winning executive leader, ambassador, and social entrepreneur and the first recognized Canadian to call for national…

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Durreen Shahnaz

Durreen Shahnaz is the Founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX). As a pioneer in social impact, Shahnaz has…

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Sujay Santra

Sujay is the Founder & CEO of iKure Techsoft. iKure is a healthcare tech that caters to 10.2 million underserved…

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Param Singh

Born in India, Param is a strong advocate of social startups and won many awards including Australia-India Young Entrepreneur of…

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Nasreen Ali Mohamed

Nasreen Ali is also the Founder and CFO of Cherehani Africa, a social enterprise that leverages mobile technology to provide…

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Aaron Cheng

Aaron Cheng is the President of PowerGen Renewable Energy. PowerGen is a leading distributed utility and renewable energy company and…

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Diana Wangari Gitau

Dr. Diana Wangari is a medical doctor with over 5 years’ experience in healthcare management, social entrepreneurship and investment experience…

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Alejandro De León

Alejandro has a degree in business in CUNEF (Complutense in Madrid), an MBA from IE and Brown University and a…

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Jillian Kowalchuk

Jillian Kowalchuk, BA, MSc is an award-winning entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Safe & The City, using technology…

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Aime Rebecca

Aime Rebecca is an entrepreneur with over 10 years experience in business startup and management. After leaving DR Congo as…

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Morag Lucey

Morag Lucey is the CEO of Televerde, a global sales and marketing technology solutions company that specialises in inside sales…

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Karima Anbar

Karima Anbar is a French Diplomat, who has extensive expertise working in human rights, women rights, political analysis and civil…

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Abeer Abu Ghaith

Abeer is a Palestinian technology entrepreneur, and social activist, and is celebrated as Palestine’s first female high-tech entrepreneur. She is…

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Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management, one of the few woman owned and…

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Asonele Kotu

Asonele Rachel Kotu has more than 10 years of experience as a public relations and marketing professional. She has worked with…

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Gemma McCall

Gemma McCall is the Co-Founder and CEO of Culture Shift, an impact software development business founded in 2018. She carved…

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Halima Iqbal

Halima Iqbal is the Founder and CEO of Oraan. A former investment banker and consultant with 8 years of experience,…

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Hira Rizvi

Hira Batool Rizvi is the Co-Founder and CEO of SheKab. A Fulbright scholar, an Acumen Fellow, and a graduate of…

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Jane Nakasamu

Jane Nakasamu is an energy efficiency consultant, multi-award-winning cleantech innovator, and renewable energy advocate. She co-founded Greenbelt Energy, a fast-growing renewable…

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Michelle Egger

Michelle is the Co-Founder and CEO of Biomilq, a company she co-founded with Leila Strickland. As a passionate food scientist,…

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Prashant Pachisia

Prashant is keenly focused on creating social impact in rural and ‘rurban’ India through his startup Care Netram. Care Netrams’s…

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Jun Wei

Jun Wei is a Partner and Chair of the Greater China practice at Hogan Lovells and has served two terms…

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Pauline Koelbl

Pauline is the Founder and Managing Partner of ShEquity as well as Founder and CEO of AfriProspect. She is a…

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Marie-Claire Kuja

Marie-Claire is the Founder and CEO of KujaEcoPads, an innovation that uses banana stem agro waste and technology to manufacture…

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Anda Sapardan

Anda is the Co-Founder and COO of Sehati TeleCTG, a medical technology company that develops software and IoMT hardware to…

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Elissa Glorie

Elissa is the Founder of Moja, a social enterprise taking a sustainable approach to global health and hygiene challenges. Moja…

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Gayatri Jolly

Gayatri is a fashion social entrepreneur changing the apparel skill education landscape in India. She is the Founder and CEO…

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Muzalema Mwanza

Muzalema Mwanza is the Founder and CEO of Safe Motherhood Alliance, a social enterprise that develops and distributes innovative maternal…

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Ajaita Shah

Ajaita Shah is the Founder & CEO of Frontier Markets, India’s premiere rural-assisted social commerce platform. With over 18 years…

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Divya Hegde

Divya is Founder of Baeru, an initiative working to make India’s coastal communities active participants in climate action through the…

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Ishani Roy

A scientist by training, Ishani has a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University. Her dissertation was on developing mathematical…

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Rama Kayyali

Rama Kayyali is the Co-Founder & CEO of Little Thinking Minds, a women-led award-winning education-technology company creating online resources and…

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Shubhika Jain

Shubhika Jain is Founder & CEO of RAS Luxury Skincare, India’s first “Farm to Face” skin care & wellness brand….

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Vikrant Pandey

Vikrant Pandey is Founder of Fightback – a sexual violence risk reduction education program for women and girls which develops…

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Sarah Dusek

Sarah Dusek is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Enygma Ventures, a private investment fund dedicated to supporting and investing…

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Sahar Jamal

Sahar is the Founder of Maziwa, which ignites the potential of African mothers to balance their baby’s health and their…

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Mohammed Alaa Eldeen

Mohammed is the CEO of Shezlong – the first Arab online psychotherapy platform in the world. It provides online therapy,…

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Sara Saeed Khurram

Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram is Co-Founder and CEO of Sehat Kahani. Sehat Kahani is a widely used digital healthcare platform…

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Teresa Njoroge

Teresa Njoroge is the Founder & CEO of Clean Start Africa. She founded it after being wrongly imprisoned with her…

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Dhiraj Dolwani

Dhiraj Dolwani is the Co-Founder & CEO of B2R Technologies, where he is implementing his passion of technology-enabled social change….

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Ravi Bhushan Gupta

Colonel Ravi Gupta is the CEO of RuralShores, an IT Enables Servicews company engaged in creating jobs in rural India….

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Melanie Greblo

Melanie Greblo is the Founder & CEO at Humans of Purpose, an impact business delivering fully managed outsourced digital services…

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Stephanie von Staa Toledo

Stephanie von Staa Toledo is the Founder of Oya Care, a clinic designed for the modern woman, integrating gynecology and…

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Timi Oke

Timi Oke is the Co-Founder & CEO of AgroEknor, a leading agriculture business focused on transforming the African agriculture value-chain…

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Laura Jardine Paterson

Laura Jardine Paterson is the Founder & CEO of CONCAT Tech, a refugee and female-led design and development company, employing…

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Yogesh Kumar

Yogesh Kumar is the Founder of Even Cargo, a social enterprise that employs women from resource-poor communities and trains them…

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Pavithra YS

Pavithra YS is the Founder & Managing Director of Vindhya e-Infomedia, an impact sourcing BPO founded in 2006 in India….

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Matsepiso Majoro

Matsepiso Majoro is the Founder & Managing Director of MahlaseliEnergy, providing solar offgrid solutions for rural electrification and water supply…

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Mary Roach

Mary Roach is the Co-Founder & COO of Boost Technology, a B2B commerce platform powering growth in emerging market supply…