Girl Child Empowerment

In its quest to advance certain rights, Masakhaneni implements a girl child project aimed at enhancing chances of accessing quality education for the development and empowerment of the girl child, and promotion of their reproductive health. Through this program Masakhaneni also aims at getting communities to appreciate the universal value of education and therefore use their collective agency to effect change.

When faced with poverty, many families have opted to advance the boy child at the expense of the girl guided by the belief that educating the girl child has less value. Further, without access to appropriate menstrual hygiene girls also miss valuable time of their school because they cannot afford to manage their period in privacy and with dignity. All these have to be addressed if quality education is to be attained by the girl child.