Power to Girls commitments
Featured commitments
Mary Robinson
I support Power to Girls by committing empowering girls. We must address the issue of poverty and marginalisation, which lead to child marriage. We need to recognise that COVID has had a very real effect around the world of increasing the number of people in poverty and therefore increasing child marriage. Let's also work together to make sure girls in Afghanistan don’t get pushed into marriage and can stay in school
Main areas of work
- Education
- Health
- Human Rights & Justice
- Poverty
- Safety & Security
- Sustainability
I commit that I will work to empower girls and create an ecosystem of equality to empower their voices.
SIDA, Sweden
SIDA will support Power to Girls as a donor through investment in key sectors including education, health and SRHR and support for civil society organisations who work with children and young women to liberate the power they hold, and in line with the feminist foreign policy commitments of the government of Sweden we will advocate for an end to child marriage and policies that respect the right of girls’ and boys’ to decide over their own bodies and lives.
Gender and Adolescence Global Evidence (GAGE)
Main areas of work
- Education
- Health
- Human Rights & Justice
- Poverty
- Safety & Security
We at the GAGE research programme will support the Power to Girls by harnessing longitudinal data and evidence to promote adequately resourced strategies for change that focus not only on prevention, but also on providing critical services and support for married girls.
Hafsah Muheed
Main areas of work
- Health
- Human Rights & Justice
- Sustainability
Power to Girls by publishing an article to raise awareness on existing family law in Sri Lanka which does not state a minimum age of marriage and how it impacts the lives of girls of Sri Lanka https://www.ft.lk/opinion/When-are-we-going-to-let-women-sign-their-marriage-contracts/14-722135
Gayatri
I support Power to Girls by refusing to attend any wedding celebration where I suspect the bride is a minor, is being coerced or is not truly consenting to the marriage. I also support the campaign by engaging with the youth in India by hosting dialogues and conversations pertaining to gender sensitization.
Reamogetse Mohutsiwa
Main areas of work
- Human Rights & Justice
I support Power to Girls by committing to educating young teenage girls in my rural community about child marriages and their legal rights as girls to protect them and future generations
Main areas of work
- Education
- Health
- Human Rights & Justice
- Poverty
- Safety & Security
Power to Girls means breaking down barriers to girl's education, to girls' right to choose, her body, her right aand her decision about her life and future. This is why I am organising an event with my elected leaders, girl's club, parents, community/school/ movement.
Main areas of work
- Education
- Human Rights & Justice
Parental Care Liberia will support Power to Girls through advocacy in collaboration with other partners to end child marriage throughout the world.
Main areas of work
- Education
- Health
- Human Rights & Justice
- Safety & Security
I support Power to Girls by calling my elected representative to action on child marriage. Because we should have the freedom to make choices about our bodies, our futures and our lives.
Main areas of work
- Education
- Health
- Safety & Security
Stopping child marriage starts with us.
Main areas of work
- Poverty
- Sustainability
We will support Power to Girls by promoting girls' rights and their agency as changemakers, who have the capacity to drive the change that we need to see in our world.