I joined DFID in 2007 after working in the private sector as a new media coordinator for 5 years. I have worked in Private Office (in DFID and Cabinet Office), on policy in Communications and the Committee on Standards in Public Life, on programmes and strategy in the Helmand PRT and am currently in Kinshasa, DRC, developing a new economic empowerment and research programme for adolescent girls in partnership with Girl Hub.
...and capacity building activities. The approach is grounded in our Girl Participation Principles: Meaningfully engage girls Reflecting girls’ diversity Valuing girls’ time and contributions Providing information to girls and gaining...
...youth workshop as the official follow-up to the London Girl Summit. The objective was simple: to get the DRC government to listen to the views of boys and girls on...
The Girl Summit 2014 is an important global campaign for DRC, where an estimated 39% of girls are married between the ages of 15 and 18 – and probably younger in rural areas. And that figure needs caveating with the …
...girls in an outdoor school lesson Finding a voice for women, and changing attitudes to the roles women play, in a culture where they are traditionally valued in home-based roles,...
...to his concerns about continuing efforts to get girls into school and putting pressure on Kabul to ensure central government funding trickles through to the places it is most needed....
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