This case study examines how Rise Up partners HOPE and THINK advocated for passage of the National Children’s Law, guaranteeing comprehensive protection for the health, education, and rights of two million children in Liberia. Click here to read more.
Guatemala Case Study – IDEI
This case study examines how Let Girls Lead partner Asociacion IDEI advocated for increased government funding for adolescent girls’ health and education programs by engaging indigenous adolescent girls as leaders in their own advocacy campaign. Click here to read more.
Guatemala Case Study – CONACMI
This case study examines how Let Girls Lead partner CONACMI (The National Association Against Child Abuse) successfully advocated for the approval and implementation of a National Protocol for the Comprehensive Treatment of Victims of Sexual Violence, guaranteeing specific attention to the needs of adolescent girl survivors. Click here to read more.
Acknowledgments and Thanks
We are very grateful to the many leaders around the world who contributed to creating this girl-centered advocacy curriculum, including our funding partners: the United Nations Foundation, the NoVo Foundation, the Summit Foundation, and the WestWind Foundation. Click here to view the full acknowledgments and thanks.
Staying Above Water: How One New Orleans Native is Fighting for Her City in Hurricane Katrina’s Long Wake – Public Health Institute
Staying Above Water: How One New Orleans Native is Fighting for Her City in Hurricane Katrina’s Long Wake Public Health Institute | August 29, 2016 Rise Up Youth Champion Nakita Shavers talks with Family Planning Voices about the population, health and environmental struggles faced by communities in the United States. Read the article here.
LGL UNGA 2015 Delegation
Eight delegates from Guatemala, Malawi, Uganda and Liberia – including 12-year old Jimena and 13-year old Tisungeni – joined the LGL team for a week of high-level meetings and events. Our collective goal was to amplify the voices and forces of girls as the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals were finalized. Click here to learn more.
