Posts by Kelly Vaughan
UNFPA- UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage
The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage promotes the rights of adolescent girls to avert marriage and pregnancy, and enables them to achieve their aspirations through education and alternative pathways. The Global program empowers girls to direct their own futures and addresses the underlying conditions that sustain child marriage, advocating for laws and policies…
Read MoreEducate Girls Now
Educate Girls Now seeks to empower the daughters of Afghanistan through education and self-determination. As a project of the Global 500 Environmental Forum, Educate Girls Now’s grassroots approach to aid distribution prioritizes the education of female children, in a society where they are all too often an afterthought, by trying critical food and fuel aid…
Read MoreGirls First Fund
Girls First Fund is a donor collaborative supported by leading philanthropic organizations and individual philanthropists who have come together to champion community-led efforts so that all girls can live free from child marriage and create their own future. The Girls First Fund is focused on ending child marriage with grant making directed to community-based and…
Read MoreWomen’s Justice Initiative
The Women’s Justice Initiative employs a holistic approach to prevent child marriage and gender based violence, improve access to justice in rural Guatemala, and provide Mayan women and girls with the tools to become leaders in their community. Working directly with indigenous women, the WJI is breaking intergenerational cycles of violence and inequality. https://womens-justice.org/
Read MoreGufasha Girls Foundation
Gufasha Girls Foundation advocates against child marriage and promotes girls’ education in Uganda. Gufasha Girls Foundation is building a generation of empowered girls by focusing on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Target 5 to promote gender equity through education, health programs, and economic empowerment of women. https://gufashagirls.org
Read MoreGlobal Hope 365
Global Hope 365 is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls, locally, nationally, and worldwide through raising awareness, education, collaboration, and prevention. Their focus is on ending harmful practices toward women and girls such as, Child Marriage, Human Trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence. https://www.globalhope365.org
Read MoreRaising Teenagers Uganda
Raising Teenagers Uganda empowers girls to reach their full potential with support and programing to complete their education, maintain health, and advocating against child marriage. RTU programming extends to parents to sensitize them about the importance of educating their daughters, and to engaging men and boys in the programs designed to protect girls. Their active…
Read MoreStudents Against Child Marriage
Students Against Child Marriage is the first nationwide student organization commited to ending child marriage. SACM’s mission is to promote advocacy, awareness, and research to elevate survivor voices, energize student activism, and end child marriage throughout the United States. https://www.studentsagainstchildmarriage.org/
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch defends the rights and secures justice in nearly 100 countries worldwide, including a focus on women’s and children’s rights. Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality by ending forced child marriage, human trafficking, and violence against women, including rape. They also aim to increase access…
Read MoreThe Tahirih Justice Center
The Tahirih Justice Center is a nonpartisan, secular organization founded on the principles of the Baháʼí Faith based in the U.S. yet serves the global community. While being survivor-centered and trauma-informed, they advance unity by celebrating and honoring our diverse beliefs and identities. They believe laws and systems too often benefit those with power and…
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