Using the International legal instrument, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Framework, which our state has ratified, the Raising Voices of Young Women and Girls Programme aims to strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and networks offering young people opportunities to actively participate in governance, social development, and sustainable and inclusive growth.

The participants of the programme are equipped with skills and support to create and facilitate content through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to hold governments and other state entities accountable to the CEDAW framework by highlighting challenges they face within their communities and advocating for change.

This project will contribute directly to the Sustainable Development (SDG) Goal 5 which sets out to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Its specific focus is to ensure women’s full effective participation & equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making, in political, economic, & public life.