All: Nigeria: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet
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
Empowered and protected: how schools must support children to prevent SRGBV
Schools have a responsibility to empower students to prevent school-related gender-based violence.
- 22nd January 2024
Why education has to start with keeping children safe
It is not enough for children to attend school. We must also ensure they are safe doing so. Violence prevention and response should be integrated into education policy and programming to ensure safe schools for all students.
- 11th January 2024
"Safe to learn" essay collection: The role data and research play in ending violence in schools
The “Safe to learn” initiative published a collection of essays that examine and tackle the causes of different forms of violence in and around schools. This essay is authored by Dr. Daniela Ligiero, Executive Director & CEO of Together for Girls.
- 30th June 2022
African governments commit to ending violence against children
On May 11-13, 2022, senior government officials and civil society leaders from over 30 African countries gathered at the Pan-African symposium on violence prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 26th May 2022
World Education Day 2022: Changing course, transforming education
To mark World Education Day this year, we spoke to Yona Nestel of Plan International and Olanike Timipa-Uge of Teenage Network to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on girls’ access to education.
- 24th January 2022
Data-driven advocacy for safe and gender equitable schools
“Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts” was the 2021 conference theme for the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). CIES is dedicated to increasing understanding of educational issues, trends, and policies through comparative, intercultural, and international perspectives.
- 21st May 2021
The gendered reality of corporal punishment in schools
Social norms drive gender inequalities and violence, and even though access to education is a human right, learners across the globe are impacted by school-related gender-based violence.
- 30th April 2021
Understanding school-related gender-based violence
Every child around the world deserves the opportunity to learn. Education is a basic human right and a necessary pathway to ending extreme poverty. We know that equitable, quality education has an immense power to transform the lives of individuals, communities, and nations.
- 13th July 2020
Top 10 things you should know about the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS)
Ashleigh Howard — a global health epidemiologist with expertise in violence and HIV — shares her top 10 things you should know about the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys.
- 24th October 2019
Ringing in a new decade with the New York Stock Exchange opening bell
Together for Girls rang the the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on September 16, to celebrate a decade of partnership.
- 16th September 2019
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