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How girls’ education will help my community become climate smart

Esnath Divasoni, CAMFED Association leader and climate-smart agriculture expert from Zimbabwe explains how girls' education can lead to climate action, helping rural communities to mitigate…

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Earth Overshoot Day: #MoveTheDate with girls’ education

This year Earth Overshoot Day fell on 1 August, the earliest it has ever been. In a new video and blog post, Esnath, a leader…

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BlogHealthGlobal

Making the invisible visible: #TimesUp for exclusion

Primrose Mandishona participates in the Global Disability Summit in London (24 July 2018). Primrose wants to see children with disabilities be given access to quality…

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Video: Celebrating 20 years of the CAMFED Association (CAMA)

The CAMFED Association (CAMA) was founded July 2, 1998 by the first 400 young women who graduated secondary school with CAMFED's support. Today it has…

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#TimesUp for Girls’ Exclusion: CAMFED Annual Review 2017

Today, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of our CAMA alumnae network, CAMFED releases its Annual Review 2017. During the year, thanks to the strength of…

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BlogCAMFED Association (CAMA)Global

Unstoppable change in Africa: Ours is the power of proximity

Having used their lived experience of poverty and marginalization to turn things around for themselves, and for the next generation, Fiona and Angie share their…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Making sure every girl’s right is given

The context within which CAMFED works to create social change was highlighted in this article in a special edition of TES magazine, curated for the…

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BlogSecondary EducationGlobal

3 stages of girls’ education and development that can change everything

Today, on World Day of Social Justice, we are highlighting the fact that across sub-Saharan Africa, 28 million girls are out of school. We're calling…

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BBC highlights CAMFED’s work to end child marriage through girls’ education

In an in-depth interview with Angeline Murimirwa, published by BBC News today, Lucy Sherriff explores the reasons why so many girls in sub-Saharan Africa become…

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Unleashing the power of educated girls: 2017 highlights

In 2017, the CAMFED community celebrated several incredible landmarks, demonstrating the power of educated girls: There are now 100,000 activists for girls’ education in the…

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5 reasons why child marriage affects us all

Our ambitious Sustainable Development Goals agenda serves to create progress that will improve lives across the world. But every year, 15 million girls are locked…

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BlogChild MarriageMultiple countries

#16DaysActivism: To end GBV we must end child marriage

This blog provides an overview of what CAMFED is doing to empower young women and communities to end child marriage as part of their 3-month…

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