EMC Initiative

Sep 1, 2017 | Education, Organizations We Love

Search for: Education Must Continue Initiative For the past several decades, children from the northeastern part of Nigeria have not only been systematically deprived of a quality education but now are being totally denied access to basic schooling. Currently, there...

Eva Won

Aug 2, 2017 | Education

Search for: This 17-Year-Old Petitioned Her Government for Clean Water and WON Almost two years ago, I decided I wanted to do something about a problem that was stopping me and girls in my community from getting our education. Every day, we faced a two-hour journey to...

Engaging Men As Allies

May 25, 2017 | Education

Search for: Engaging Men As Allies Ghulam Rabi, 52, is a local community leader in Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan. He is respected as an elder and people from his neighborhood come to him for guidance. Ghulam Rabi is one of 50 men in his community who participated...

Meet Ruvimbo

May 20, 2017 | Education, Girls We Love

Search for: Meet Ruvimbo  WATCH THE VIDEO In early 2016, Ruvimbo Tsopodzi and Loveness Mudzuru, two child brides, appealed to the highest court in Zimbabwe – the Constitutional Court – to amend the Marriage Act. The Act as it stood stated that a child of 16 could...

Girls Not Brides

May 19, 2017 | Education, Organizations We Love

Search for: Girls Not Brides  WATCH THE VIDEO Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of civil society organizations committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfill their potential. Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18....

Advocating for Girls’ Rights in Asia

Apr 11, 2017 | Education, Sex Trafficking

Search for: Advocating for Girls’ Rights and Gender Equality in Asia. Sex workers, child brides, garbage pickers – this is the reality for hundreds and thousands of girls throughout Asia. Without the opportunity to attend school, seek support and counseling, or have a...