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…
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…
An unstoppable human revolution
CAMFED at the Girls’ Education Forum, July 7th, 2016 #SheWill Once among the most vulnerable and excluded, CAMFED alumna Fiona Mavhinga travelled to London this…
CAMFED’s Ann Cotton Speaks With Sirius XM
As one of 5,000 activists, experts and leaders in attendance addressing women and girls' issues on a global level.
Education that ‘leaves no one behind’: Lucy Lake shares insights
The commitment to ‘leave no one behind’ is at the center of discussions on the post-2015 education framework needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4:…
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…
CAMFED champions girls’ education at United State of Women Summit
On Tuesday, June 14th, CAMFED's Founder and President, Ann Cotton, was invited to share her experience on a global education panel at the White House…
Sharifa’s Blog from Tanzania: “I will make sure every child’s right is given.”
For 25 years, the 16th of June has marked the Day of the African Child - a time for the world to reflect on the…
I will make sure every child’s right is given
Sharifa, a CAMFED scholar in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, shares her story in this blog for Day of the African Child. "I want to be a lawyer.…
“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…
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…
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.