My Education, My Right is a project empowering adolescent girls in government schools in the Ganjam district of Odisha to become the STEM leaders and changemakers of tomorrow. The project addresses school dropout rates, challenges deep-rooted gender stereotypes, and helps girls build coding skills and awareness of STEM careers, creating opportunities for those who have …
In Sierra Leone, adolescent girls often face challenges shaped more by tradition than by their potential.
Nyenyezi (Intanda Stars) is a 2024–2026 project in Central Province (Ngabwe, Kapiri Mposhi and Luano) that helps prevent GBV by strengthening community response and supporting children and young people, especially girls and young women. Supported by Kindernothilfe.
Youth Voices Connect strengthens youth-friendly health services by enabling young people (10–24) to drive social accountability across Lusaka, Southern and Luapula.
The QUTWE project aims to strengthen parent-child relationships among young people and especially with LGBTQIA+ youth (ages 16–24) and their parents/caregivers through Youth Resource Centers (YRCs) that provide youth-led, community-based, and non-judgmental safe spaces in the Dakshinpuri area of Delhi. The YRCs use a three-pronged intervention model: By promoting open, supportive dialogues within families and …
Youth for Health (Y4H) (now completed) expands access to adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights for marginalised girls, including girls with disabilities, in rural Zambia—strengthening youth-friendly services, community engagement, and youth-led accountability.
Global Girls Creating Change (G2C2) empowered girls in Brazil, Indonesia, Nepal, and Uganda to lead climate action and green entrepreneurship through skills training, advocacy, and innovation grants. Led by Hivos with Restless Development and Humanis, G2C2 supported girls to research, influence, and implement climate solutions in their communities.
Supporting out-of-school Adolescent girls in Uganda through Sexual and reproductive Health education. Adolescent girls face many barriers in exercising their Sexual and Reproductive Health rights,. The cost of these barriers are devastating and deadly. Barred from seeking services and making decisions about their health, one to 4 adolescent girls become mothers every year in Uganda.* …
The Tikambe Youth Media, ”Let’s talk” programme, helps the young people have a voice, gain life skills, and attain an understanding of their sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR).
Creating supportive learning environments for adolescents to thrive. Sambhav was a three year project implemented by Restless Development Nepal in partnership with UNICEF from 2016 to 2018. The project worked with adolescents, schools, teachers, parents, and local communities to improve learning outcomes, strengthen social inclusion, and support school retention among young people, particularly girls and …