This film highlights the effects of child marriage on adolescent girls. Produced by Rise Up Together grantee and our Gates Grand Challenge lead partner Girls Empowerment Network (GENET), the film is used as an advocacy and community awareness-building tool throughout Malawi.
Everything has a Time – Being a Girl in Libera (2012)
Meet Oretha Yeagan, a young woman from Liberia who dropped out of the 6th grade. About to graduate from Rise Up Together grantee THINK’s Safe Home for Girls program, Oretha shares her experiences growing up during the war and shares her plans for the future.
Rebeca Esther Perez Rodas, Guatemala Fellow (2011)
2011 Rise Up Together Fellow Rebeca Esther Perez Rodas describes her participation in Rise Up Together’s early years and highlights her work with the Ecumenical Center for Pastoral Integration (CEIPA) in Guatemala.
