These women entrepreneurs are making history
March is Women’s History Month, and when we reflect, it can sometimes feel like we are still facing an uphill struggle towards gender equality. According to the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report, gender parity is more than 200 years away. And a report released by UN Women on 14 February, assessing our Sustainable Development Goal for Gender Equality, found pervasive…
Michelle Obama's Q&A with CAMA leader Pearl
Girls’ education champion and former First Lady Michelle Obama today holds a Q&A with Camfed alumna (CAMA member) Pearl Quarmyne from Ghana in an International Women’s Day feature on “Refinery29.” Mrs. Obama launched the Obama Foundation with President Barack Obama last year in order to inspire the next generation of leaders and change makers.
Three stages of girls’ education and development that can change everything
Investing in the education of girls and women is a proven way to improve the health and wealth of entire nations. Yet across sub-Saharan Africa, 28 million girls are out of school. Even those who initially access school face many barriers to completing their education — financial (the costs of school or exam fees, uniforms and books), physical (the long and dangerous distances to many secondary…
Cosmetics entrepreneurs tackling gender inequity scoop national business awards in Ghana
Two alumnae of Camfed's Ghana programme have won top awards for their successful businesses. Ayisha Fuseini of Asheba Enterprise, a shea butter processor which supplies The Body Shop, accepted two awards including Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the Invest in Africa Awards (IIA). Esther Naanbir, of Agape Moringa Processing, won Woman of the Year at the Vodafone Small and Medium Enterprises…
Together we’re making more noise for women and girls
One hundred years ago today marked a turning point for the British women’s suffrage movement, when 8.4 million women were granted the vote -- the start of a journey of empowerment which continues to this day, and proof of what is possible when we make enough noise. In the past few weeks Camfed teamed up with some great partners to make more noise for girls’ education and women’s empowerment in…
BBC highlights Camfed’s work to end child marriage
In an in-depth interview with Angeline Murimirwa, published by BBC News today, Lucy Sherriff explores the reasons why so many girls in sub-Saharan Africa become child brides, and highlights Camfed’s work to tackle the issue holistically, hand in hand with its alumnae and their communities.
REAL Centre research reveals ‘what works’ in education, for whom, and at what cost
Data from Camfed’s girls’ education programme in Tanzania demonstrates that equity considerations improve overall effectiveness.
Camfed's UK Aid Match appeal gets amazing response
Today Cambridge-based Camfed, the Campaign for Female Education, praised the generosity of the UK public during its UK Aid Match fundraising appeal. The girls’ education charity more than doubled its target, smashing the £1 million mark.
The power of GirlGuardians
Fiona Mavhinga, Development Director for Camfed’s CAMA alumnae network, joined Camfed CEO Lucy Lake, Board Chair Miranda Curtis and guests at the Institute for Government on the International Day of the Girl. Fiona introduced Camfed’s unique solution to tackling child marriage by focusing on the power of CAMA ‘GirlGuardians’ - young women once at risk of becoming child brides, who are now working…
Together we can end child marriage and #UnlockFutures for girls for good
Help a girl stay in school and escape a life as a child bride. Support Camfed's #UnlockFutures appeal and the UK Government will DOUBLE your donation.
Cambridge charity Camfed wins major international education award
The work of Cambridge-based Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) has been recognised again by a major international award - this time for its work in Tanzania.
Angeline Murimirwa accepts award from Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation
Camfed is proud to announce that last night, Angeline Murimirwa was presented with the 2017 Diamond Ball Honors Award. One of the first girls supported by the organisation, Angie is also the founding member of Camfed's alumnae association (CAMA), and now holds the title of Camfed Regional Executive Director. The Diamond Ball is the annual gala held by the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF), founded by…
Camfed celebrates CAMA milestone of 100,000 empowered and educated women
On the evening of September 12th, Miranda Curtis, Camfed International Board Chair, hosted an unforgettable event to celebrate Camfed's CAMA alumnae network reaching 100,000 members. It was a night of inspiration, hope, and lively discussion. Guest-of-honor Angeline Murimirwa, Regional Executive Director, brought to life how Camfed's leaders and alumnae are transforming Africa as young educated…
Celebrating charity with built-in sustainability
This International Day of Charity, Camfed celebrates the philanthropy that happens in our communities every day - mothers who prepare school meals and Camfed alumnae who use business profits to support more children. Just weeks ago they joined Camfed Zimbabwe to launch bursaries in support of 23,384 disadvantaged secondary school children in partnership with the Ministry for Primary and…
Results week: young women graduates shaping the future
Graduation season is upon us, with many young people in the UK receiving their exam results. It's a pivotal moment, the culmination of years of academic endeavour and the beginning of a new chapter. At Camfed partner schools in rural Africa, thousands of girls are celebrating being the first graduates in their families. Recently in Ghana, 1,500 Mastercard Foundation Scholars at Camfed gathered…
The unsung hero in tackling climate change: girls' education
Climate change and its devastating consequences regularly make the news - from the uncertain future of the Paris Accord, and this week’s launch of the documentary film An Inconvenient Sequel, to the floods and droughts that are taking lives and threatening livelihoods across the world, disproportionately affecting the poorest populations. Mostly overlooked by the mainstream media, however, is the…
Turning the tide of poverty through education
A few weeks before world leaders met for the G20 Summit, young men and women from across Africa met at the Mastercard Foundation Baobab Summit 2017 in Johannesburg. Under the #GiveBack summit theme, students discussed inclusion, social entrepreneurship and collective action for long term and sustainable change. Among them was Dorcas Apoore, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at Camfed from northern…
The young women graduates fighting for education
Four years on from Malala Yousafzai’s first speech at the United Nations, calling for universal access to education, Camfed celebrates Malala Day 2017.
Camfed Annual Review 2016 - an unstoppable human revolution
Today Camfed releases its Annual Review 2016. With its CAMA alumnae network — projected to grow to 100,000 this year — it is more than halfway towards its five-year goal of supporting one million marginalised girls in rural Africa through secondary school.
Changing the face of leadership in Africa
As election season reaches fever pitch across Europe and electorates debate the qualities of effective political leadership, Camfed shines a light on young women leaders in Africa.
'We cannot afford to fail this generation of girls'
May was a busy month for Camfed Ghana, with 5,733 secondary school leavers inducted into the CAMA alumnae network, and the launch of a Transitions Programme for graduates in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation.
E-readers boost girls’ education in Tanzania
It’s a winning combination: the lived experience of young women graduates in Camfed’s CAMA alumnae network paired with e-reader technology, which brings thousands of books to some of the most marginalized students in rural Tanzania.
We need global action on girls’ education - and here's what works
It’s Global Action Week on Education, and today’s letter from the UK’s International Development Committee (IDC) to the Secretary of State for International Development couldn’t be more timely in underscoring the need for urgent investment in education, and highlighting the benefits of reaching the most marginalised, including girls, in particular.
Fear doesn’t live here - CAMA leaders confront inequality
At this week’s Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship in Oxford, UK, Camfed joins delegates from nearly 65 countries under the uniting theme “Fault Lines: Creating Common Ground.”
Gloria Steinem wants you to meet Camfed alumna Alice
Together, they are fighting for the same future