On Tuesday, June 4th, 2024, the Girls Create Change (GCC) Cluster, supported by CRVPF’s Adolescent Girls Power Program (AGPP) and based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, commemorated International Menstrual Hygiene Day. The event, held in Buyuni Ward, sought to educate communities about menstruation and menstruation hygiene and dispel misconceptions about periods and period hygiene. Additionally, […]
Five years ago, Ritah, 18, joined one of the twenty safe spaces in Luwero, managed by Luwero Cluster partners and supported and funded by Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund’s, Adolescent Girl’s Power Program (AGPP) grant. Ritah joined the safe space after she reached a tipping point, having been consistently underpaid or not paid whilst
We caught up with Remmie, a participant in one of twelve Kampala’s safe spaces operated by the Central Cluster partners (Action for Fundamental Change and Development and Serving Lives Under Marginalization) and supported and funded by Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund through the Adolescent Girls Power program. This is what she had to say
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On Thursday, November 2nd, 2023, a significant initiative launched in Kilifi, Kenya, named, “Building Adolescent Girls Power” (BAGP). The BAGP project is a collaborative effort of the Binti Pwani Cluster, which includes Youth Voices and Action Initiative (YVAI) and Youth for Sustainable Development (YSD). This project was made possible through support and funding from the
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Recently, we sat down with Noel, an eighteen-year-old and member of one of the twenty safe spaces in Luwero, managed by the Luwero Cluster, (Just Like my Child, Team Uganda, Nakaseke Child Community Care and Concern for the Girl Child) supported and funded by Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund, Adolescent Girl’s Power Program grant
On Friday 27th October 2023, 175 young people, including those with disabilities, refugees, and 24 participants from the twelve safe spaces in Kampala managed by the Central Cluster, which includes Action for Fundamental Change and Development (AFFCAD) and Serving Lives Under Marginalized (SLUM) with financial support from Children’s Right and Violence Prevention Fund’s (CRVPF) Adolescent
From Training to Triumph: Celebrating the Graduation of 24 safe space Participants. Read More »
There are months when Viola endured her monthly period without feminine hygiene products because her parents could not afford them. She is now able to make and utilize reusable sanitary pads, as well as educate other adolescent girls on how to do so, passing down the skills she learned during her safe space sessions. Children’s
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Undeterred by the day’s rain, participants from safe spaces and students from Luwero Girls School demonstrated unwavering determination as they paraded through Luwero town. Dressed in bright pink t-shirts, accompanied by a vibrant marching band, and carrying banners adorned with the message of the day: “Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being”, they marched
Up to 10 million girls will be at risk of child marriage. The profound effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are putting girls at higher risk of early marriage due to a combination of economic shocks, school closures and interruptions in reproductive health services.
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