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Meet the girl on a motorbike fighting to end child marriage
16-year-old Antora from northern Bangladesh, travels on her motorbike to campaign for girls’ rights and ending child marriage.
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Preventing child marriage among Cameroon’s urban refugee communities
Aminatou, with the help of Plan International, is fighting to prevent child marriage and keep refugee girls in school in Cameroon.
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Meet the girl who stopped her own wedding
When Yekaba’s sister told her their parents were planning to marry her off, the then 12-year-old was determined that early marriage wouldn’t be her fate.
Married at 12, Yakoura is Determined to Stop Her Sister From Experiencing the Same Fate
The now 20-year-old Yakoura* had to experience what one in every 5 girls experience globally. She was forced to get married at only 12 years old to an abusive man three times her age. When she fell pregnant her husband sent her back home, claiming he could no longer stand her. This is when she found […]
I Divorced My Husband To Finish My Education
Zainab got married when she was 17 years old and gave birth to her first daughter Mashallah a year later. In Zainab’s community in Sudan, parents are responsible for arranging their daughter’s marriages, usually without consulting the bride. “I got married after I finished my exams in my third semester at university. My husband promised […]
School First, Marriage Later
Mariam and Sitan, both 16, live in Mande community in Mali. Apart from their friendship, the girls share something else: both were promised in marriage during the COVID-19 school closures.
Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Girls in Guinea
Fatoumata, 20, is a young activist who is working to promote and protect the rights of girls in her community. As president of her local girls’ club, Fatoumata uses her leadership and influencing skills to campaign against all forms of gender-based violence. “The girls’ club was set up in 2018 and since then, we have […]
