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BlogLearner GuidesMultiple countries

We need global action on girls’ education — and here’s what works

In light of Global Action Week for Education, a time when members of the public across the world come together to take targeted action for…

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BlogGender EqualityMultiple countries

Fear doesn’t live here: Fighting inequality and marginalization in sub-Saharan Africa

Fiona Mavingha, Executive Advisor of the CAMFED Association speaks to Mary, a CAMFED Association leader from Tanzania who is fighting inequality in sub-Saharan Africa.

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BlogCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

The young women bringing hope to Africa

Fiona Mavhinga, Executive Advisor for the CAMFED Association, reflects on 2016, a year of change, uncertainty and in many corners of the world, true suffering.…

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NewsSupporting CAMFEDGlobal

The activism you ignited: 2016 highlights

In 2016, against a global backdrop of global uncertainty, we celebrated the unwavering activism of the young women alumnae in our CAMA network. More than…

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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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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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CAMFED alumna named UN Girls’ Education Initiative Youth Representative

Today, on International Youth Day, the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) announced that CAMFED alumna Alice from Zambia was chosen as its Global Advisory…

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NewsSecondary EducationGlobal

Our progress toward educating one million adolescent girls

With the release of its latest impact metrics, CAMFED is raising the bar for what can be achieved in girls’ education in sub-Saharan Africa. Through…

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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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BlogSecondary EducationGlobal

The distance to school is not only about the distance you walk

CAMFED's CEO, Lucy Lake, looks at the role of the Learner Guide programme in improving marginalised girls' confidence and self esteem so that they not…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Global

“The distance to school is not only about the distance you walk”

In her latest Brookings blog, CAMFED CEO Lucy Lake describes how marginalized girls lack the confidence to engage in the classroom; and how CAMFED’s life skills…

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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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