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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

How periods are pushing girls out of school

According to UNESCO, 10% of adolescent girls in Africa miss school during their period. They miss an average of 528 school days — nearly two years of…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Zambia

Keeping girls safe from school related gender based violence

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, raising awareness of the often hidden issue of violence and abuse girls and women…

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BlogResearchMultiple countries

Poor girls are at greatest risk from SRGBV. Here’s why, and what we can do about it.

Alice Saisha, CAMA member and United Nation Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Youth Representative, understands and shares from her own experiences why girls from impoverished rural…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Innovations to tackle educational inequality

If things don’t change drastically, half of the world’s young people will lack the basic skills they need for work and life.

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NewsPress CoverageMultiple countries

Why data is so important to educating girls in sub-Saharan Africa

Technology, and the infrastructure that allows it to be used across the globe, is often taken for granted. But in sub-Saharan Africa, technology and connectivity…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Breaking down the barriers to girls’ education across Africa

All across Africa CAMFED's CAMA alumnae celebrated International Day of the Girl by championing education as the key to tackling poverty, inequality and achieving a…

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BlogSecondary EducationMultiple countries

Five strategies to achieve the 2030 education goals

Alice Saisha, CAMFED Association member and United Nation Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Youth Representative, uses her experience to detail the five strategies we need to…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Zambia

Gloria Steinem meets CAMFED Association leaders tackling child marriage in Zambia

Shortly after the launch of the Viceland series WOMAN with Gloria Steinem, Executive Producer Amy Richards took world-renowned feminist Gloria Steinem and a group of…

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BlogCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

That day I knew: Gloria Steinem is one of us

Alice Saisha, CAMFED Association member, tells of when Gloria Steinem came to Zambia to learn about child marriage, and how she came to learn that…

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NewsPress CoverageMultiple countries

Gloria Steinem and Emma Watson pledge support to end child marriage

Feminist activist and writer Gloria Steinem has spent her career traveling the world, investigating and drawing attention to the issues affecting women today. In the…

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NewsPress CoverageMultiple countries

CAMFED Wins FinancialForce Award

CAMFED has been recognized as the winner in the Best Customer Experience category in FinancialForce’s fourth annual 360 Customer Excellence Awards, selected for the impact…

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FilmAbout CAMFEDZambia

Video: Alice Saisha: advocating for change

Growing up in rural Zambia with her hard-working widowed mother of ten, Alice worked as a maid and sold cassava leaves to help buy food…

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