

It aims to close the gender gap and reduce the high rates of HIV in girls.

Zathu uses the power of music and storytelling to unite and encourage friendships between boys and girls. Girl Effect launches youth brand Zathu in Malawi, as part of a partnership with PEPFAR DREAMS. 2017įollowing a partnership with Facebook Free Basics, Girl Effect Mobile becomes Springster – a mobile platform connecting girls to each other, as well as the content, services and advice they need to reach their full potential. Springster continues to expand its digital footprint across the world, whilst deepening its impact through the development of a new chatbot with the potential to reach millions of girls with advice on sexual health.Īnd Girl Effect and Vodafone Foundation release Real girls, real lives, connected, the world’s first comprehensive global study into adolescent girls’ access and usage of mobile phones. TEGA pioneers new research innovations and grows its impact through partnerships with the likes of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Australian Government’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade. In Nigeria, Girls Connect builds on the striking success of its pilot, going live across Kano and Edo States with a campaign to galvanise girls’ calls. Ni Nyampinga, already a truly national movement in Rwanda, strengthens its impact through a new weekly radio drama featuring the perspectives of both girls and boys. Ethiopian youth brand Yegna expands on its existing 8.5m reach with a new TV drama enabling over 90% of the population to access the brand.
