We launched our #BackToSchool campaign with the African Coalition for Social Impact aimed to encourage parents and caregivers to prioritize education after prolonged school closures. Focus needs to be put on young mothers and pregnant teens, as well as girls living with disabilities. Parents and guardians must recognize that sending a girl to school should not be viewed as a burden, but an opportunity to uplift entire communities and transform systems that perpetuate inequalities.

Enjoy this powerful poem written by Atuhaire Joan, A she Leads Advocate in the She Leads Program

She Leads Programme, is a five year joint programme of Plan International Netherlands, Defence for Children-ECPAT the Netherlands (DCI-ECPAT), African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), and Terre des Hommes- Netherlands (TdH-NL), in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The She Leads programme objective is to increase sustained influence of girls and young women (GYW) in decision making processes and the transformation of gender norms in formal and informal institutions. It is an advocacy project that aims at amplifying the voices of GYW in decision-making processes at all levels. The project is built on three major domains/pillars; 1). the social norm domain, 2)CSO/GYW domain, 3) Institutional/political domain. In Uganda ,She Leads is implemented under three Alliance partners; 1)Terre des Hommes (TdH-NL), 2)Plan International, 3)FEMNET and each one of them have a network of the local based Non government organisations they are partnering with to implement the project. Under TdH-NL, Girl up initiative Uganda (GUIU) is the National level implementing partner under alongside two district implementing partners ;Multi community based development initiative (MUCOBADI) in Bugiri and Karamoja Women Umbrella organisation (KAWUO) in Karamoja.

We are excited to announce a huge organizational milestone realized today—scaling our in-school programs to the Eastern region of Uganda! Immensely grateful to our partners at Giorgi Family Foundation for the investment geared towards scaling our interventions in both the Central and Eastern regions.

Here are some highlights from our 2022 Annual Staff Retreat, just in case you missed out on the fun-filled pictures. The team is already re-energized with positive vibes and set for this year. #Staffretreat #Girlupat10

We are in awe of this powerful poem written by She Leads advocate, Clare, and spoken by She Leads advocate, Pauline. When parents, guardians, schools, organizations, communities, and governments give girls and young women the space to voice their needs, real change can happen. #SheLeadsUganda #GirlUpAt10 #ShiftingThePower