Inside the Girl-Led Empowerment Movement Growing in Uganda

“The most powerful method in empowering girls is to start with their personal journeys and personal empowerment,” Monica Nyiraguhabwa, executive director and co-founder of the Girl Up Initiative Uganda, told TriplePundit. “You cannot empower a girl unless she’s in touch with herself.”

The initiative — which focuses on improving educational, financial and health outcomes for young women — creates spaces where girls can dig into who they are outside of gender stereotypes and societal expectations and see their own worth. In that way, they develop the confidence to speak up, become leaders and take control over their own futures. 

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