By Kristina Lederer | Director of Development
As part of WGEP's new Our Sisters Lead program in which 185 high school juniors took part in a series of workshops on advocacy, public speaking and conflict resolution, these ambitious teenaged girls are now changing their communities for the better! After attending a final retreat to learn about community organizing and civics engagement, the girls are now putting these concepts into action by organizing community meetings and activities around ending child marriage in their own communities.
Ami, a 17-year old WGEP leader states, "In my village, the issue of early marriage is very prevalent and that is why I have selected to work on this topic through the leadership program. I want to present this information to my village and speak to the community about why it is important to prevent girls from getting married in their teens. After the presentations, one mother named Tening told me she would not send her daughter to be married at age 13 as planned but she would speak to WGEP about helping her daughter Saly go back to school. I was so happy to hear this."
WGEP is incredibly proud of these young women who have quickly become leaders in their communities, amplifying a message of gender equality in school and at home.
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