Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 1300 civil society organisations committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfill their potential.

12 million girls become child brides every year. That’s one girl every three seconds who is robbed of her childhood, one girl every three seconds who is at increased risk of violence and child sexual abuse. But our global movement won’t stand for it.

Over the past two months, Girls Not Brides members have come together through our #StopStealingHerChildhood campaign to show world leaders that inaction isn’t an option.

School Girls Unite and our sister organization called Les Filles Unies pour l'Education in Mali advocate for every girl in the world to have equal educational opportunities to build a smarter, healthier, fairer and peaceful world. We do this through our youth-run scholarship program for girls in Mali and by lobbying government decision makers in both countries.

 What does the organization do?

Our new action guide written by young women activists in Mali and U.S. is the best summary of all our philanthropic and political advocacy activities. Our free E-book version in French & English of "Girls Gone Activist! How to Change the World through Education" is at www.schoolgirlsunite.org/book.php

Opportunities for Youth

Email us if you live in Bamako or in the Washington,DC area to engage in our scholarship program that sends 70 girls in Mali to school and also lobbying decision makers in Mali and the U.S for gender equality and education opportunities for all.

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301-929-8907

of Mali has founded two organisations, whose aim is to educate girls in rural Mali. The first is called School Girls Unite and covers the education costs and school supplies of 85 girls in Mali. Through this, they have helped 85 families gain access to education through their daughters and motivated a community to have different views on the impact of education. They funded 500 girls by the end of 2016. $2,500 from School Girls Unite per year goes into the project. Bintou’s second organisation is called Girls for Advancement of IT. 250 women received free IT training and then taught a further 300 women themselves. The women received 10 hours each of computer training.