Empowering
Adolescent Girls
Everywhere in the world, girls face discrimination and exploitation simply because they are young and female. Many girls do not enjoy basic human rights: to be free from violence, to education, to inherit land, to decide when and whether to marry. We invest in girls because they deserve better. When girls are empowered they transform structures of poverty and inequity, and positively impact both their own lives and entire communities.
Our Strategic Approach
NoVo believes that when girls reach their full potential, the balance of power within society is shifted, creating conditions whereby equality and partnership can flourish. We call this The Girl Effect. We listen to girls so we can understand their most critical needs and aspirations, and we make direct investments in girls. We build girls’ capacity to reach their full potential, and work to shift cultural and social norms so that communities and nations positively value girls.
NEWS AND UPDATES
NoVo in the Media
Leveraging Momentum in the Movement to End Violence Against Girls and Women
14 Mar, 2013
When girls are empowered, they can transform communities and the world. But for too many girls, domestic and sexual violence…
25-50%
of girls in developing countries become mothers before age 18.
United Nations
Population Fund
