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COP26: Watch our sisterhood of leaders for girls’ education and climate action

Our leaders are participating in several events at COP26, bringing the deep expertise, lived experience and grassroots activism of young African women to a global…

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Kristof Holiday Impact Prize – CAMFED Update – One Year On

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof named CAMFED - the Campaign for Female Education - as Grand Prize winner of his 2020 Holiday Impact Prize, unleashing…

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A ‘revolution in data’ is needed to create an equitable future through education

A blog written by Professor Pauline Rose, Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge, which just…

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Video: CAMFED – Girls’ Education and Climate Action

We are the CAMFED Association, the fastest-growing movement of young women leaders in Africa. We've seen how the climate crisis disproportionately impacts women and pushes…

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Watch Devex conversation #1: The power of girls’ education and women’s leadership

The first conversation in the online series hosted by the Hilton Foundation and Devex under the theme "The Future of Humanitarian Action: The Power of…

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The Princess Asturias Awards 2021: A moment for all in our movement

CAMFED Association Executive Adviser Fiona Mavhinga and CAMFED Chief Executive Officer Lucy Lake attended several days of celebratory events to mark the 2021 Princess of…

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Today’s girls are tomorrow’s female leaders

On October 19, CAMFED's Angeline Murimirwa joined Alice Albright, CEO of Global Partnership for Education, and Jennifer Albone, Consultant to the World Bank Education Practice,…

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Multiplying Your Impact – Online Event

Prisca Kilemile and Mchiwa Idd described for us how, in their role as Learner Guides in Tanzania, they are role models, decision-makers and community leaders.

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Video: Educating five million future leaders

Our movement is now poised to support 5 million more girls on the journey to independence and leadership through the power of Sisterhood.

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Celebrate with us at the 2021 Hilton Humanitarian Prize Ceremony

On October 13th, 2021, three of our leaders - Angeline Murimirwa, Fiona Mavingha and Lydia Wilbard - accepted the 2021 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize…

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Our #DayOfTheGirl Celebrity Social Media Takeover

Three of our sisters in the CAMFED Association are staging a social media takeover this Day of the Girl 2021, including of Ashley Judd's Instagram…

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Looking at girls’ education through a different lens

CAMFED Co-Executives Angeline Murimirwa and Lucy Lake are urging the global education community to take an approach that is both inclusive and disruptive in order…

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