Naomi Tulay-Solanke

Naomi Tulay-Solanke is a Liberian feminist, a human right activist, a humanitarian, and the Founding Executive Director of Community Health Initiative (CHI), a local non-governmental organization that is providing healthcare and social services to women and children in underserved and hard to reach communities in Liberia. Naomi has nurtured a career in female advocacy with a humble interest in working with underprivileged youths and slum dwellers through the provision of advocacy, awareness, and basic health and social services. She is passionate about local actors’ visibility in humanitarian and development spaces. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health with an emphasis on Community Health. As a social entrepreneur, Naomi launched the PAD4GIRLS project, a solution to menstrual health by training local women how to locally produce reusable sanitary pads making it more available and accessible to girls of school going age. Naomi is Dr. Fritz Raleigh, Humanitarian Award Recipient from Harvard University 2017. She is a 2018 ASPERN New Voice Fellow and as a Change Maker, Naomi is an ASHOKA Fellow. Naomi dreams of living in a world that is free of all forms of violence, embraces gender equity, and is peaceful.
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.chiliberia.org