Advancing Girls and Young Women Leadership
Our strategy is to work with vulnerable children and especially girls so that they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. Within the strategy we have an ambition to transform the lives of girls. Deliver greater impact for vulnerable children, especially girls To realise our ambition, we will focus on specific areas where we can achieve the greatest transformations. We will: Respond to local contexts and global trends; work where violations of children’s rights and inequality for girls are the greatest; be accountable to those we work with and transparent in how we operate; develop innovative new ways of seeking and directing funds that will have the greatest impact
Harmful practices, such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child…
The Power of Mentorship SCOEN works to counter the social…
Millions of girls are subjected to abuse, child labor, trafficking,…
We believe that upholding adolescents’ rights to sexual and reproductive…
Nearly 1 in every 2 girls in Uganda is married before the age of 18. DRIVERS In Uganda, child marriage is often a result of poverty. Many parents marry their daughters in the hope of securing their financial security. Bride price can also a motivation for parents: a younger bride means a higher bride price for the family. Limited access to education for girls and traditional and social norms which dictate that girls are married at a young age in order to fulfil their role as a wife and mother, play a role too. In addition, displaced population living in refugee…
I didnot know how useful giving inkind was! not until i gave basic items to SCOEN Uganda for the children inneed and the photo excited…
Cathy Bonner Donor
I didn’t know how many people work at SCOEN, so I drew a lot to show how much SCOEN programmes means to me!
Dave t. Bonner Donor
In recent months following the COVID19 lockdown, the media has been awash with stories and features of increasing cases of teenage pregnancies and child marriages. The rise in teenage pregnancies…
Makerere University has released a survey that shows that phones are spoiling girls and aiding communication that translates into risky sexual behaviours contributing to the high adolescent pregnancies in the…
When schools resumed, first for candidates, the government declared that those children who had gotten pregnant during the lockdown but were keen to continue with school would be allowed to sit for their final examinations
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