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“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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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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The Developing World’s Problem With Periods

On May 29th, Menstrual Hygiene Day, SBS Life acknowledged the difficulties that periods create for many of the girls in the communities where CAMFED works, and for girls around the world. 

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A movement with the power to transform Africa

Once they were among the most marginalized girls in their rural villages, denied the right to an education. Last week, they joined hands with Graça…

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Video: When you educate one girl, you educate many

This film explores the transformative power of girls’ education. When girls are supported through secondary school and into economic independence and leadership positions after school,…

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The CAMFED Association joins the First Lady: “We are ready to lead the charge”

It’s the Day of the African Child, and today in London, Fiona Mavhinga, one of the founding members of the CAMFED Association of women leaders,…

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CAMFED recognized by the OECD for taking innovation to scale

CAMFED is being recognized as a model of best practice in taking innovation to scale by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD (Organization…

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CAMFED Makes Commitment to Support the Secondary Education of One Million Girls at 2014 Clinton Global Initiative

CAMFED today announced our goal to support one million girls through secondary school education and into secure livelihoods. The announcement came as part of the…

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“We’ve learned that done right, education changes almost everything.” Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

When Nicholas Kristof wrote in The New York Times about the tragic kidnapping of 219 school girls in Nigeria in May, he encouraged readers to…

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“No Force More Powerful to Change a Society”: CAMFED in The New York Times

Nick Kristof's recent article in The New York Times focused on the power of educating girls to transform the world.

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“A Better World is Indeed Possible”: CAMFED Founder Ann Cotton in The Huffington Post

CAMFED Founder and President, Ann Cotton, wrote a recent Op-Ed in The Huffington Post discussing the immense impact of girls' education in Africa in light…

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CAMFED Announces Expanded Partnership with Kiva for Young Women in Rural Africa

CAMFED Announces Expanded Partnership with Kiva for Young Women in Rural Africa With over two million young people assisted through the CAMFED program, Kiva’s added…

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