Annika und Amy have been working on The intiMate Initiative
since February 2015. Our passion for equality and feminism plays a
central part, as well as our academic backgrounds in sustainability
and sustainable entrepreneurship. Amy’s years of working and
living in Vietnam has helped us develop a network of diverse
stakeholders and engage with community-led and grassroots
initiatives. We are also part of the Andersgründer-Programme in
the Social Impact Lab Frankfurt (http://andersgruender.eu).
Amy has been living in Vietnam since 2012, working for a range
of international development projects in the fields of sustainable
development, education, gender, climate change and biodiversity
conservation. After a casual conversation with a housemate about
contraception among Vietnamese young women in late 2012, it became
apparent to her that Vietnam's lack of reliable and judgment-free
information about sex and sexual health had real implications for
her Vietnamese peers' lives – the consensus among her friends was
to take the morning after pill every time they had sex rather than
taking the contraceptive pill on a daily basis.
Annika currently divides her time between Hanoi and Frankfurt,
which makes for a rather impractical commute. Having spent close to
10 years in academia, she felt it was time for a change. Her work
experience with the Austrian Business Council for Sustainable
Development ignited her passion for combining business and making a
lasting difference. Annika is deeply passionate about combating
gender and heteronormative stereotypes, promoting tolerance and
boosting the transformative power of education and access to
information.
Alison, our sexual health education expert, has worked for one
of Vietnam’s biggest public health NGOs and writes for our blog
http://theintimateinitiative.com/blog/.
Alison will be responsible for the development of our educational
materials.
