Raised to Lead
Raised to Lead exists to spotlight the powerful and often unseen influence of fathers and male allies in shaping future women leaders. Fathers create the earliest environment where daughters experience safety, confidence, discipline, and empowerment.
This platform celebrates these stories and elevates the truth that leadership starts at home – through values passed down, doors opened, and character formed long before the world notices.
What We Do
Our Origin
Raised to Lead was established by Corazon and Lavender, whose personal experiences inspired the creation of a movement that honors the foundational role fathers play in shaping daughters who lead.
Our Reach.
Raised to Lead
Raised to Lead
Raised to Lead honors the quiet, powerful moments where leadership first takes root often in the presence of a caring father or a supportive male ally. It is in these early relationships that daughters learn they are safe, valued, and capable of becoming more than the world may expect of them. Through encouragement, guidance, and belief, fathers help shape confidence, strength, and purpose, planting the seeds that allow girls to rise into courageous and empowered women leaders.
Countries reached
Attended the events
Events hosted & participated
The Hush: Unspoken/Softly Told Truth
The Father's Thematic Compass
- From the participating women leaders, their stories revealed that- Their fathers were not just parents; they were:
Architects of Integrity & Guardians of Safety
- Modelling leadership through unwavering principles.
- Creating a home that is a sanctuary to return to.
Champions of Education & Custodians of Legacy
- Believing it is the great equalizer that cannot be taken away.
- Instilling values that ripple through generations.
“Leadership begins with the values taught through family bonds; humility, discipline, and love.”- Judy Anyona
Fathers as the Bedrock of Belief: Safety & Self- Awareness
"Fathers consistently remind us that home is and will always be a safe space."
This foundational safety allows for the development of profound self-awareness. As Lolem shared, her father made each sibling feel uniquely special, not by having a favorite, but by understanding and nurturing their individual personalities.
"Self-awareness is the beginning of being your authentic self." – Lolem Ngong
This paternal belief instils a core confidence.
“I roll in with the Messiah’s confidence thanks to my father.”
From Our Community.
Our Stories
Our Stories
When my mother delivered her third girl, a relative was dispatched to the hospital to check if it was a boy this time. When the person went back to report to my grandmother, it is reported that she said, “There is no child there, just another ogwang.” Ogwang, in the tongue of our people, is a wild cat. It’s an animal that lives in the bush, eats from the bush, and belongs to the bush. If you see an ogwang, you don’t take a photo of it—you throw a stone at it. That’s what we were in the eyes of my extended family.
OUR PARTNERS
Backing every ‘he’ that raises ‘her’ with diligence and intention
"Fathers consistently remind us that home is and will
always be a safe space."
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