“I’m going to be a doctor and help community members.” Sangeeta is a 14-year-old student from Ganjam, India, who wants to become a doctor. Like many girls, Sangeeta has been facing gender discrimination at home. Sangeeta’s father has made attempts to make her drop out of school to fund her brothers’ education. He also wanted …
The girls challenging gender biases for career independence in Zambia. The boys in the woodwork class were making a coffee table. Purity’s attention was caught by the intricately carved wood and the sharp tools. As she watched the furniture taking shape, she wondered if this was a job that girls could do. Purity, 17, is …
Story of Happy Balisidya, a 28 year-old feminist from Tanzania in her fight against Gender-based Violence.
Abel Koka, a young feminist from Tanzania who has worked as Program Coordinator at Restless Development and Partnerships Lead for the Feminist Action Lab project attended the opening ceremony in Paris on the 30 of June 2021.
“I could have been married, if not for the Careers Clubs.” Miriam, 18, cannot stop smiling. Her dream of reaching 12th Grade, the third year of secondary education is being realized. For her, this is a great turn around. Just two years ago, Miriam and her five siblings couldn’t attend school because no one could …
Supporting adolescent girls with life skills, mentorship and career opportunites. On a bright sunny day, learners gather around a small solar-powered radio set under a shady tree, in the deepest parts of rural Choma District in Southern Zambia. Equipped with pens and notebooks in their hands, they carefully listen to the recorded radio lessons as …
Dorice Ahmed Mkiva is 27-year-old feminist leader and youth accountability advocate from Tanzania. She is passionate about working with young people to ensure their meaningful participation in community-led change.
Hawa, 23, is from Iringa, a town in central Tanzania. She grew up with two brothers, two sisters and a single mother who is now retired and subsistence farms for a living.
In April 2020, a team of volunteers from Restless Development partnered with the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) to tackle the spread of harmful misinformation about COVID19 online. These volunteers became the Youth Against Misinformation (YAM) programme.
On learning about the challenges people living with disabilities face in her community, Anastazia decided to pursue a Bachelors of Education in Special Needs at the University of Dodoma.