Mabel van Oranje

Mabel van Oranje is a serial entrepreneur for social change, working globally to advance equality, freedom, and justice. During the last decade, she played a catalytic role in the global movement to end child marriage, including the creation and growth of three entities central to efforts to support girls’ futures: Girls Not Brides, the GirlsFirst Fund, and VOW for Girls.

Mabel is currently a board member of Fondation Chanel, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and Chair of VOW for Girls. As well as for the Gender Fund, she is also an advisor for Apolitical Academy Global, Global Witness, and The Elders. Mabel is a global champion of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, and a co-founder and chair emeritus of the European Council on Foreign Relations. You can follow her tweets @MabelvanOranje.