These Are The 2018 TED Fellows, Finding Inspiring Solutions To Global Problems
It’s both fitting and encouraging that in the year of #MeToo, three people working to combat the issue of sexual harassment and abuse have been awarded one of the top fellowships in the world. Laura Dunn, an attorney, founded a nonprofit to provide legal assistance to survivors and to advocate on their behalf. Working undercover as a journalist in the Middle East, Yasin Kakande has documented human rights violations against vulnerable populations, particularly women and young girls. And Jessica Ladd’s nonprofit Callisto develops technology to track and combat sexual assault on college campuses and in workplaces.
All three are members of the 2018 class of TED Fellows (Ladd is a senior fellow), a program established in 2009 to bring together global innovators to tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems, from climate change to racial inequity to fake news. The 20 fellows and 10 senior fellows join 453 previous program participants from 96 countries; each member of the new class will participate in an extensive training and networking program, culminating in a talk at TED2018 in Vancouver in April.