{"id":8359,"date":"2025-08-25T06:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T06:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialinitiative.se\/monica-nyiraguhabwa-girl-up-initiative\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T06:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T06:46:05","slug":"monica-nyiraguhabwa-girl-up-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialinitiative.se\/en\/monica-nyiraguhabwa-girl-up-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica Nyiraguhabwa, Girl Up Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\n\t\tEducation for young girls and boys for improved gender equality\r\n\t<\/h2><\/div>\r\n\t
<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/W7cFmV8wdl4?si=2MeFx1yJRpIAvYyW” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Girl Up<\/span> Initiative<\/span><\/a> Uganda (GUIU) is a youth-led organisation that works to empower young people in vulnerable areas of Uganda. Through school-based programs, they spread knowledge about sexual and reproductive health and rights <\/span> and <\/span>increases awareness about gender equality<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

GUIU’s programmes for young girls and boys; \u201cAdolescent Girls Programme\u201d and \u201cBoy Champions Programme,\u201d are their main activities and are carried out in school settings. The aim of these programmes is to enhance girls’ empowerment and leadership, especially in patriarchal environments where their chances are often restricted. Simultaneously, they involve young boys in issues of positive masculinity and motivate them to become allies in the work towards greater gender equality. <\/span>GUIU works actively to combat gender-related injustices and gives girls the tools to become advocates for their own rights.<\/p>\n

With the support of Social Initiative, GUIU will collaborate with our partner organisation in India, VOICE-4,<\/a> in this project. Between 2025-2028, the organizations will collaborate to deepen and scale up GUIU’s school education programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

VOICE-4 will contribute its expertise to further develop education alongside GUIU. Building on experience from scaling a successful model in India, they will collaboratively create a model tailored to the Ugandan context, where young university students will lead the teaching.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\r\n\t

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