Henrietta Madia Peters Magbollah

Henrietta Madia Peters Magbollah has over 12 years’ experience working with young people in Liberia. She works in the development of programs and policies to enhance the skills and improve the livelihood of young people. Currently, she works as the National Youth Coordinator to the President, providing program and technical support to the Ministry of Youth and Sports’ Department of Youth Development. Henrietta Madia Peters Magbollah is a co-founder of a group that is established as a mentoring system for young female leaders in the public and private sectors. She holds a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Sociology from the African Methodist Episcopal University. Henrietta is passionate about reducing the prevalence of commercial sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Liberia and promoting the retention of girls at the basic and secondary school levels. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Henrietta will initiate a program to begin the process of creating safe spaces for teenage girls.