Girls Parliament to Project

THE GIRLS' PARLIAMENT endeavors to strengthen the voice, choice of girls & women, and their status in the community. Provides adolescent girls and young women with training to lead, set up girls' parliaments, to enable them to become change agents to contribute to raising community awareness about their rights, child marriage, and gender violence as tools they need to participate in community decisionmaking and to take charge of their own futures.

In the 5 minutes it takes you to read this post, 152 girls under the age of 18 will get married—whether they want to or not. 12.5 of those girls are getting married because of the stresses COVID-19 has put on their lives, families, and communities. That’s hurting the girls…

Our journey is in driving change to advance children’s rights and equality for girls by working with children, young people, our supporters and partners in all aspects; investing in and uplifting youth—especially children, girls and young women— is the solution to our world's complex issues.

What We Do For Communities

Sexual Health and Rights

Gender inequality and discrimination against girls mean they are often robbed of the right to make their own life decisions…

End Harmful Practices

The term 'harmful practices' covers forms of violence or ritual discrimination, primarily committed against girls and women, that have become…

Child Sponsorship

In order to promote the right and well-being of the child, SCOEN envisions promoting and advancing the lives of disadvantaged…

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We are extremely grateful to all our donors and partners who support and encourage us to transform the lives of children, girls and young women in Uganda. SCOEN is always looking for new people to join our cause for children's, women’s and girls’ empowerment and education. Together, we are building a vibrant movement of young people, women and girl leaders. We could not do our work without your incredible support. Share Child Opportunity Eastern and Northern Uganda (SCOEN) always appreciates the generosity and involvement of people like you, with every contribution going towards making our programming as impactful, transformational, and sustainable as possible. Your donation is an investment in women and girls who have time and time again proven to be the key to widespread community development

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When children and girls are empowered with accurate information on their sexual and reproductive health their likelihood of experiencing early marriage, teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and gender-based violence are reduced. This enables them to stay in school longer, take charge of their health, and reach their full potential.