Two impressive videos, made by local partners in Senegal, show the impact of the Her Choice programme in Senegal. Her Choice in Tambacounda, Senegal This video shows how the programme has brought knowledge about SRHR. With the support of health staff, both girls and mothers have access to SRHR health services. In addition, the intervention […]
This closing statement was written and presented at the end of the Her Choice event, by Sumnima Tuladhar, director of CWIN, a pioneer child rights NGO in Nepal and partner of Her Choice alliance member ICDI. ‘Thank you very much for this opportunity to deliver this closing statement. It has been very intense and a […]
A bit sad, but full of hope for the future, we look back on the three days we spend together during the online event ‘5 years Her Choice: beating the drum for child marriage-free communities!’. During this event, we looked back on 5 years of the Her Choice programme, together with all 30 local partners […]
The last five years, Her Choice has worked hard to end child marriage, together with girls and boys, their families, ánd their communities. Now the Her Choice programme comes to an end, théy are telling the story of five years of Her Choice in this special video. In the online event ‘5 years Her Choice: beating the drum for child marriage-free communities!’ […]
From 1 to 3 December we will organise an online event: ‘5 years Her Choice: beating the drum for child marriage-free communities!’ The event is composed of various plenary sessions, workshops and bonus sessions. All plenary sessions will be interpreted (English – French and French – English). A sneak preview to the programme can be […]
This documentary shows us five years of the Her Choice programme in Pakistan, in which girls, boys, people from the community and other important stakeholders tell us what impact Her Choice has had on their lives. The video is produced by Bedari, local partner of Her Choice alliance member ICDI.
‘By empowering boys and girls, they become their own protectionists.’ Sumnima Tuladhar is director of CWIN, a pioneer child rights NGO in Nepal and partner of Her Choice alliance member ICDI. Despite the fact that Nepal is going through rough times because of COVID-19, she is hopeful about the future, and convinced of the effectiveness […]
Hortense Lougue/Kabore is Executive Director of the Association D’Appui et d’Eveil Pugsada (ADEP) in Burkina Faso. Hortense is committed to ending child marriages in her country. But is this still possible in these times of COVID and how does she see the future? An interview with a woman who is convinced of the power of […]
Daisy Owomugasho, regional director of local Her Choice partner The Hunger Project Uganda, wrote an article that featured in Uganda’s leading newspaper The Newvision: ‘I believe that there has never been a moment in time more important than today when all forms of community systems are being called upon to rise up and protect our […]
Her Choice alliance member ICDI is launching a crowdfunding campaign to teach Dalit girls (a religious-ethnic minority) in Bangladesh to produce their own face masks and sanitary pads and empower them to go back to school when the lockdowns are lifted. COVID-19 is having a major impact on the lives of Dalit girls. The NGO […]
