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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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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Fear doesn’t live here – CAMFED Association leaders confronting inequality

At this week’s Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship in Oxford, UK, CAMFED joins delegates from nearly 65 countries under the uniting  theme “Fault Lines: Creating…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Gloria Steinem wants you to meet CAMFED alumna Alice

On International Women's Day 2017, Gloria Steinem hosted CAMFED alumna Alice from Zambia for an inspirational evening, bringing together a group of passionate and powerful…

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BlogChild MarriageMalawi

These adolescent girls don’t understand what is happening to their bodies

On 14 February 2017, we celebrated as the parliament in Malawi voted to amend the Constitution, making it illegal for children under the age of…

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BlogCAMFED Association (CAMA)Ghana

Leadership is not about what you have, but it is about your ability to put a smile on someone’s face

Nimatu Siisu tells her journey of being supported by CAMFED to afford to stay in school to becoming a CAMFED Association leader and setting up…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Pearson extends partnership with CAMFED for girls’ education in Africa

Today CAMFED’s CEO, Lucy Lake, and CAMFED Zimbabwe’s Women Empowerment Manager, Sinikiwe Makove, join Pearson’s Chief Corporate Affairs and Global Marketing Officer, Kate James, at…

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BlogTeachersTanzania

I met my former high school teacher on an extraordinary day

When Lydia Wilbard, National Director of CAMFED Tanzania visited a school in Korogwe District to roll out CAMFED's Learner Guide program, she never expected to…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Tanzania

Scaling our education innovation in Tanzania

Inherently sustainable and scalable, CAMFED’s innovative Learner Guide Program benefits from the leadership and expertise of young educated women once at the margins of society.

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Education is everything – Cambridge Research Horizons

In her feature article in this month’s University of Cambridge Research Horizons magazine, Louise Walsh interviews Pauline Rose, Director of the Research for Equitable Access and…

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NewsPress CoverageMultiple countries

Putting data to work for girls’ education in Ghana

A research project commissioned by CAMFED Ghana in partnership with the Ghana Education Service (GES) Girls’ Education Unit (GEU) and financial support from the UK…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Cambridge researchers delve into CAMFED data

On January 24th, the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge kicked off its…

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StorySecondary EducationTanzania

Catherine

Catherine’s father passed away when she was in her first year of primary school. Her widowed mother, who lost all property to her husband’s family,…

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