{"id":9251,"date":"2026-04-15T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9251"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:40:49","slug":"message-from-ceo-of-merck-foundation-senator-rasha-kelej-on-being-awarded-for-her-efforts-towards-women-empowerment-and-supporting-girl-education-by-the-business-executive-group-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9251","title":{"rendered":"Message from CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Rasha Kelej on being awarded for her efforts towards women empowerment and supporting girl education by The Business Executive Group, Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><p>Firstly,\u00a0<strong>Happy International Women\u2019s Day<\/strong>\u00a0to all the women in the world and to the men who support and empower them.\u00a0It is a great honor to receive\u00a0<strong>The Global She Achievers Award 2024,<\/strong>\u00a0that too on the very important occasion of International Women\u2019s Day. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the\u00a0<strong>Business Executive Team<\/strong>\u00a0for acknowledging our efforts since past 12 years to empower\u00a0<strong>women in STEM, support girl education and transforming public healthcare in Africa and beyond at their\u00a0Global<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>She Achievers Awards 2024<\/strong>\u00a0for our efforts to\u00a0<strong>empower women in STEM<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>and girls in girls in education, and building healthcare capacity in Africa and beyond.<\/strong>\u00a0The awards ceremony took place recently in\u00a0<strong>Dubai, UAE.<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024_-1024x773.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024_-1024x773.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024_-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024_-768x580.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024_-1536x1159.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024_-600x453.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024_.jpeg 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><p>We at Merck Foundation, together with<strong>&nbsp;First Ladies of Africa<\/strong>, are marking Women\u2019s Day through our&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;More Than a Mother&#8221; campaign<\/strong>, which is a strong and unique movement that aims to empower women living with infertility stigma through access to information, education, change of mindset, and economic empowerment.<\/p><p>Together with&nbsp;<strong>Africa\u2019s First Ladies<\/strong>, Merck Foundation has contributed to the future of&nbsp;<strong>425 of girls<\/strong>&nbsp;by providing scholarships to continue their education and also providing essential school items for thousands of schoolgirls through our&nbsp;<strong>\u201cEducating Linda\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>program in many African countries such as&nbsp;<em><strong>Burundi, Malawi, Ghana, The Gambia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and more.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;Moreover, Merck Foundation has also benefitted<strong>&nbsp;1000\u2019s of girls<\/strong>&nbsp;through their awareness campaigns which includes releasing many inspiring&nbsp;<em><strong>children\u2019s storybooks, animation films and songs&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>to support girl education and end child marriage.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9254\" style=\"width:1026px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1-600x902.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Senator-Dr_-Rasha-Kelej-CEO-of-Merck-Foundation-awarded-at-The-Global-She-Achievers-Awards-2024-1.jpg 798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure><p>It gives me immense pleasure to witness that, together with<em><strong>&nbsp;Africa\u2019s First Ladies, Ministries of Health, Gender, Education and Communication,<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;we are impacting the lives of people in the most disadvantaged communities in Africa and beyond, in partnership, and this award will only motivate me to do more and more.<\/p><p><strong>Kind Regards,<br>Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej,&nbsp;<br>CEO of Merck Foundation<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly,\u00a0Happy International Women\u2019s Day\u00a0to all the women in the world and to the men who support and empower them.\u00a0It is a great honor to receive\u00a0The Global She Achievers Award 2024,\u00a0that too on the very important occasion of International Women\u2019s Day. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the\u00a0Business Executive Team\u00a0for acknowledging our efforts since past 12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-message"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Message from CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Rasha Kelej on being awarded for her efforts towards women empowerment and supporting girl education by The Business Executive Group, Ghana | Rasha Kelej<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9251\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Message from CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Rasha Kelej on being awarded for her efforts towards women empowerment and supporting girl education by The Business Executive Group, Ghana | Rasha Kelej\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Firstly,\u00a0Happy International Women\u2019s Day\u00a0to all the women in the world and to the men who support and empower them.\u00a0It is a great honor to receive\u00a0The Global She Achievers Award 2024,\u00a0that too on the very important occasion of International Women\u2019s Day. 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