Mabel van Oranje

Initiator & Chair Girls Not Brides, Girls Not Brides

Skoll Awardee

Biography

Mabel van Oranje is a global advocate for equality, justice and freedom and serial entrepreneur for social change. She is the founder and chair of ‘Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage’ and ‘VOW To End Child Marriage’, and played a catalytic role in the creation of the Girls First Fund. Mabel is a member of the (advisory) boards of Apolitical Academy Global, Global Witness, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and The Elders. She is a co-founder and chair emeritus of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

You can follow her tweets @MabelvanOranje

Regional Focus

North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa