11 Facts About Rainatou Sow

Rainatou Sow is a Guinean woman who founded 'Make Every Woman Count': an organisation operated by a team of young women in Africa, America and Europe who use their passion and experience to promote rights and empowerment of women and girls.

Rainatou Sow is an campaigner for a peaceful and equitable world, a human rights and social justice advocate, and works to empower women and girls.

Rainatou Sow is fluent in French, English, Pulaar and Susu.

Rainatou Sow held several positions in Guinea, including with the International Organisation for Migration, World Health Organization and UNICEF.

On returning to the United Kingdom in 2011, Rainatou Sow applied for Make Every Woman Count to become a registered charity, a status it achieved on 13 October that year.

Since founding the organisation, Rainatou Sow has expanded the team to include a diverse range of volunteers from around the world.

Rainatou Sow was motivated by her vision that one day all women will have voice in governance institutions and fully participate equally in public dialogue and decision making.

Rainatou Sow was awarded 'Inspirational Women of the Year' in 2012 by Women for Africa, in recognition of her work promoting the African Women's Decade, and was featured in the '20 Youngest Power Women in Africa' by Forbes Magazine.

Rainatou Sow was recognized in 2013 by THE BUZZ in the Equality for all among the 'Eight Foreign Women's Equality Activists To Know' In 2013 and in 2014, she was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women.

Rainatou Sow has appeared on CNN's African Voices show, being interviewed at the publication event for the organisation's annual report.

Rainatou Sow was one of the participants in 100 Women on 25 October 2013, a day of discussion including 100 women from around the world, and again on 26 October 2014.