Girls growing up oppressed by extreme poverty and gender inequality are rarely asked what they want to be when they grow up. For many of them, they have never been given a chance to think about what they want in life. HOPE for Girls @ VISA matches adolescent girls and…
Lets end FGM
Community and religious leaders often play a critical part in bringing an end to FGM in their communities, because of misconceptions that the practice is a religious requirement. As respected community members, religious leaders have the access, power and influence to change social norms
Alumni of the Program
Girls’ education is a strategic development priority. Better educated women tend to be healthier, participate more in the formal labour market, earn higher incomes, have fewer children, marry at a later age, and enable better health care and education for their children, should they choose to become mothers