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Aisha Addo: Building Communities with Empathy, Creating Safe Spaces for Women.

09 Mar 2023

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Aisha Addo is the founder of Power to Girls Foundation, a non-profit organization that connects young girls with mentors and role models from across the world. Aisha graduated with a degree in Business Administration-Accounting; however, her passion has always been to make the world a better place for women across the world through the provision of guidance and mentorship opportunities. In this episode, Aisha shares with us how at the age of 17, a quest to find her place as a young, black teenage girl in Canada and the retrospective appreciation of the impact role models would have had on her life spurred her on to foster several platforms to provide guidance and mentorship to other young girls like herself. We discuss the integral role that therapy should hold in our lives, where our guest peels off the layered myths which act as a barrier to individuals seeking out therapeutic outlets. She shares the need for particularly young boys and men to utilize therapy as a tool for unravelling and embracing issues that they encounter in their lives. Aisha walks us through her journey towards starting her non-profit, Power to Girls Foundation. She describes how forming a small community of six young girls grew exponentially to sixty attendees at a conference and eventually served as the foundation for connecting mentors and role models to young girls from across the world. We also discuss her use of technology in creating safe spaces for women through her mobile applications, MyPower App, and ridesharing service, DriveHER. Aisha shares the importance of authenticity and of leaning into one’s unique personality and characteristics to stand out and to be the very best version of yourself. She also shares a message to women around the world in commemorating the International Women's Day Celebration 2023.Links and Resources:Find Aisha Addo on LinkedIn Donate to Power To GirlsDownload the My Power AppThis podcast is produced by Nexa MediaDo you have a question for our hosts, email us at [email protected] the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedInWatch on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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