All: Safe Heroes: Upendo, DREAMS Ambassador, Tanzania
Africa’s future: how one historic conference on ending violence against children holds the key to leveraging the region’s potential
All children deserve the opportunity to live free from the threat of violence. This goal couldn’t be more critical for African nations. Africa has the largest youth demographic of any continent, and by 2030, young Africans are expected to make up 42% of the world’s youth.
- 22nd November 2024
Twenty years of impact: Funding the fight to end AIDS by 2030
Right now, the stakes could not be higher for millions of adolescent girls and young women. Sustained funding for PEPFAR means extending a lifeline by accessing services to help them heal and thrive, pursuing education while living HIV-free lives.
- 30th November 2023
How are youth activists using data to fight gender-based violence?
What are the current pathways for youth participation in research? To end gender-based violence issues of intersectionality must be addressed. Critically, all strategies for using data on these intersectional issues must prioritize youth and survivor voices. This is particularly true in both development and humanitarian contexts.
- 6th July 2023
World AIDS Day 2021: End inequalities. End AIDS. End pandemics.
The World AIDS Day 2021 theme is “End Inequality. End AIDS. End Pandemics.” By ending gender inequality and the silent pandemic of sexual violence against children and adolescents, we can create a safer, AIDS-free future.
- 1st December 2021
Five facts inspiring hope on International Day of the Girl
Every October 11, we celebrate International Day of the Girl to recognize the achievements, opportunities and challenges impacting girls and young women everywhere.
- 8th October 2021
“I am a survivor.”
Sexual violence against children affects children everywhere at a staggering rate — one in four girls experience physically forced or coerced sexual intercourse.
- 4th September 2020
Survivors’ Agenda Virtual Town Hall
This town hall brings together survivors of sexual violence against children — remarkable activists that are helping change the way we think about an issue that, directly or indirectly, affects all of us.
- 26th August 2020
Lessons learned from the Together for Girls Partnership in Tanzania
Together for Girls released a new case study highlighting groundbreaking country-led action to end violence against children and youth from a decade of the partnership’s collective work in Tanzania.
- 18th July 2019
Together for Girls hosts high-level event for International Day of the Girl
To commemorate International Day of the Girl, Together for Girls co-hosted a high-level event at the Embassy of Canada, “Data to Action: Breaking the Cycle of Violence Against Girls”.
- 12th November 2017
The power and influence of girls: The World in Your Hands Art Contest
For the second annual World in Your Hands Art Contest, Together for Girls and the Coalition for Adolescent Girls asked female artists ages 12-24 about their influences, how they themselves strive to influence others, and how they use their voice and influence to make the world a better place.
- 13th March 2017
Barriers and solutions to gender inequality: art contest winners
Girls from all over the world used their artistic talents to illustrate barriers and solutions to gender inequities that stop them from reaching their full potential.
- 2nd March 2016