Julie T. B. Weah currently works for the Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI) as the Executive Director. She has greatly impacted the lives of Liberian women especially those living in the rural areas by advocating for their rights to land ownership and equal participation in governance and management processes in the natural resource and land sectors. She is the current Vice President of the African Women Network for Community Management of Forest (REFACOF), and the Africans Rising platform, which is based on the implementation of the Kilimanjaro Declaration that promotes Africans’ solution to Africa’s problem.