Welisane Maagbor Bonè, 28
Cameroon
Welisane Maagbor Boné is a Cameroonian young leader advancing adolescent girls and young women’s rights. She leads the Led by a Girl Initiative, designs feminist communication campaigns, mentors adolescents, strengthens grassroots advocacy and represents girls in policy spaces. She champions sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), HIV prevention, gender equality and ending gender-based violence.
Current Professional Engagement
Welisane Maagbor Boné is an adolescent girls and young women’s rights consultant and currently serves as Programmes Lead for Led by a Girl Initiative, HER Voice Fund Ambassador for Cameroon, Country Focal Point with ATHENA Network’s WHATGIRLSWANT programme, Duchess Africa Cameroon Coordinator and Global Glow Girl Mentor.
What inspires your work on ending childhood sexual violence?
I have a strong belief that every child deserves safety, dignity, and a future free from trauma. Survivors’ courage, the urgency of systemic change, and the injustice of silence compel me to act so that communities protect children, perpetrators are held accountable, and healing and justice are accessible to all.
Share one highlight from your experience in the SPROUT Fellowship
One highlight from the SPROUT Fellowship was building connections with fellows and just seeing how powerful we are when we search deep. We relied on our superpowers, helping us uniquely strengthen systems thinking, advocacy; storytelling skills empowered us to be collaborative and innovative in our projects.
