East Africa, Africa
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"Let Girls Lead"

Joan Kembabazi is a 25-year-old feminist activist who champions an end to child marriage and girls' education in Uganda. Joan is the Founder and Team leader of Gufasha Girls Foundation and is currently a fellow in She’s the First’s Girl-Centered Incubator.

Africa, Asia, East Africa, Latin America, South Asia, West Africa
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The Girl Gazette is Here!

The latest edition of The Girl Gazette is here! This edition features a powerful poem about girls' leadership, an important essay about a patriarchal community, and artwork that encourages girls to end period stigma and feel good about their bodies.

The Girl Gazette shares girls' voices from around the world who work with our Partner Coalition organizations. Girls from She’s the First’s Partner Coalition express themselves through art, poetry, and essays about their experiences.

Asia, South East Asia
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Safiya Speaks Up! Makes Waves in Southeast Asia

Safiya Speaks Up!, the impactful children's book developed by five She’s the First Girl Activist Fellows, is making significant strides in Southeast Asia through the efforts of two of its passionate authors and advocates, Anya Legarda and Allison Choong. It was created to educate young girls about combatting sexual violence and using their voices. Since its digital publication last fall, mentors and parents have shared Safiya’s story with more than 3,000 girls across the globe.

Safiya Speaks Up! Makes Waves in Southeast Asia
Africa, Asia, East Africa, Latin America, South Asia, West Africa
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Hot Off the Presses: The Girl Gazette!

Check out the newest issue of The Girl Gazette: Volume 5, Issue 1 for Winter 2024! The Girl Gazette amplifies the voices of girls globally and empowers them through art, poetry, and more. We highlight girls around the globe who are a part of our Partner Coalition organizations.

Hot Off the Presses: The Girl Gazette!
Africa, East Africa
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A Youth Ambassador’s Reflections on the Girls ...

Youth Ambassador Gladys Njeri shares her experience participating in the Girls First Summit, She’s the First’s annual event that brings together organizations for knowledge-sharing and targeted training, with local and global insights on best practices for supporting girls’ rights.

A Youth Ambassador’s Reflections on the Girls First Summit

Morocco

(المعلم)

Author: Fatima Hammouda, STF Youth Ambassador

لولا الحياة تعطي ما تعطي

لهديت للمعلم كل صعب المنال

ان ما قدمه لنا من علم ومعرفة

كان له نورا في دنياه

واشكره واقدره واحترمه

على كل مجهوداته التي تحصى ولا تضام

الله وليه في أموره

لأنه صبر وعمل واجتهد

لكي يربي جيولا ،وينمي عقولا، ويوجه شبابا

دمت سالما يا فنان

A girl with an education is unstoppable—but barriers like gender discrimination, poverty, and exploitation prevent many girls from reaching graduation. Our Youth Ambassadors created the Power of Poetry campaign to amplify girls' voices about this issue for Poetry Month and Global Action Week for Education.

Fatima Hammouda, 20, is a She’s the First Youth Ambassador from Morocco. As part of the program, she helped create and produce the Power of Poetry campaign! When she’s not studying at university, she enjoys writing poetry.

(success)

Author: Fatima Hammouda, STF Youth Ambassador

In the name of God
I start my poetry,
Presented on success,
It's a small word
Formed in Arabic dictionary From 4 words
(N, Jim, Alif,Haa)
Lines of suffering, patience, determination, and struggle,
The desire to reach it increases day After day,
Week after week.....
The dreamy and ambitious person always sees himself at the highest peaks
By overcoming every stumbling block of life,
Every failure and laziness,
And going forward is best seriousness and work.

A girl with an education is unstoppable—but barriers like gender discrimination, poverty, and exploitation prevent many girls from reaching graduation. Our Youth Ambassadors created the Power of Poetry campaign to amplify girls' voices about this issue for Poetry Month and Global Action Week for Education.

Fatima Hammouda, 20, is a She’s the First Youth Ambassador from Morocco. As part of the program, she helped create and produce the Power of Poetry campaign! When she’s not studying at university, she enjoys writing poetry.