Fight child marriage in Senegal

Child marriage is robbing girls of their education and taking their lives.

It’s the number one reason girls in Senegal drop out of school. Did you know that 1 in 3 girls there are married before they turn 18? When girls are forced to have children before they’re ready — while still children themselves — they face deadly health risks. Pregnancy and childbirth complications are the leading cause of death for girls ages 15-19 globally.

Child marriage is one of the most extreme forms of violence against girls — but your gift today will help girls in Senegal take their power back.

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Your donation to Plan’s Girls Learn & Thrive program will support girl-designed and girl-led activities that are designed, through our GirlEngage approach, to help end child marriage and keep girls in school, like:

Life-skills trainings, where girls build confidence, practice decision-making, set goals and advocate for themselves to stay in school and out of marriage.
Girl-led community action projects focused on advocacy for girls’ rights.
Mother-daughter groups, where girls can talk with their moms in safe spaces about sex and marriage.
Fathers’ clubs, where men can participate in positive parenting trainings, find peer-to-peer support, discuss ways to challenge traditional gender norms in parenting and learn how to become advocates.
Boys’ clubs for boys and young men to understand masculinity and gender roles, learn how to create nurturing, nonviolent relationships and discover ways to work with girls to achieve gender equality.

By investing in Girls Learn & Thrive, you’re supporting a more inclusive way forward — Plan’s GirlEngage approach. The girls themselves influence every step, from designing activities, to leading community projects, to measuring progress.

Working together, with girls at the helm, we are creating real change. But the pandemic is making this crisis even worse, and to keep making progress, we need your support now.