Project duration: Ongoing
Project's focus area: Legal Aid
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For too many girls the critical adolescent years are shaped by harmful experiences that are oftentimes irreversible and irreparable. As women they are often further subjected to violence, poverty and severe health problems as a result. Isolated and unsupported, these girls have little voice to demand their rights. The Fund supports and publicizes strategically selected legal cases, diversified to represent the most common and compelling human rights abuses of adolescent girls.
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The AGLDF currently supports two girls' cases, the first addressing forced marriage by abduction in Ethiopia and the other rape by a teacher in Zambia; and we are monitoring and investigating several other potential cases. |
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Equality Now believes that with the Adolescent Girls’ Legal Defense Fund we will foster an environment where laws that protect and promote the rights of women and girls are implemented and respected. |
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Thank you for caring.Sometimes it seems like everything goes wrong and the world is upside down.Those are the times when you need a friend.I want to tell you how grateful I am that you are helping me.
- Adolescent girl, Plaintiff in Zambia rape case
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