Hellen, age 27, is living proof of the belief that when a girl is educated, she can become the first to break barriers. She is the first female graduate of Arlington Academy of Hope (our partner in Uganda) who became a doctor.
Impact Stories, Girls' Programs, Girls First Institute, CBO Training
Gladys is proof that an educated girl can become a woman who pays it forward. She is our 2025 GIving Tuesday inspiration!
Activism Programs, Advocacy, Girl Activist Fellowship, Girl-Led Advocacy, Girls' Programs, Girls' Voices, Impact Stories, Partner Coalition
Aliza Puri, an STF Youth Ambassador from Nepal, wrote this poem as a letter to the world from every girl who has been abused, who finds it hard to come forward and ask for justice because she is too scared and embarrassed—until she decides to fight for herself.
Advocacy, Girl Activist Fellowship, Girls' Programs
On September 21, 2024, in New York City, more than 50 young women from around the world—including the youngest Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and representatives from four She’s the First programs!—gathered to take United Nations member states to task for failing to prioritize girls and young women in the planning and content of the Summit of the Future.
Advocacy
We, the undersigned girl-centered organizations, express our deep concern and condemnation regarding the alarming rise in femicides in Kenya. We stand in solidarity with our fellow women leaders in Kenya who are demanding that the President of Kenya declare femicide and violence against women and girls a national disaster. The government must take swift and decisive measures to protect lives and ensure justice for the victims.
