Unlocking Lives: Why Reproductive Health Education Empowers Ethnic Youth
Imagine a world where young girls from ethnic communities aren’t trapped by unplanned pregnancies and forced marriages. A world where they hold the key to their futures, armed with knowledge about their bodies and the […]
Beyond Marriage: Empowering Girls to Be More Than Brides
Child marriage remains a concerning issue, particularly in Southeast Asia. Previous studies have highlighted its detrimental effects on women’s vulnerability, impacting fertility control, maternal health care, and human rights. In northern Thailand, historical biases favouring […]
Breaking the Pattern: Combating Child Marriage
The damaging practice of child marriage pushes girls into a life of exploitation and abuse while denying them the right to escape. Addressing the systemic causes that underpin child marriage is necessary for its prevention.
Earthquake Aftermath on Women and Girls in Syria and Türkiye
Disaster struck the northwest region of Syria and Southeast Türkiye on February 6, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc and destruction, with over 300 aftershocks including a magnitude 6.5 earthquake on February 20. The […]
How It All Started: Nunnaree’s Story is CFG’s Story
Forced by social norms telling her that only boys should receive an education after elementary school and the economic ‘burden’ of raising a girl, Nunnaree Luangmoi dropped out of school in northern Thailand at age […]
Too Much, Too Young
A total of 650 million: This is the number of all girls and women alive in 2017 who were married as children as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimated in its most recent annual […]