Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of 300+ civil society organisations committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfil their potential

50+ Messages / Page

  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
July 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM

Farewell from Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell and introducing our interim Co-CEOs

No images? Click here [link removed] VOICES July 2026 Dear friend, A message from Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell Seven years ago, I joined this movement believing in the power of partnership. Today, that belief is stronger than ever. Throughout my time at Girls Not Brides, I have s…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
April 23, 2026 at 9:37 AM

📣 Our new strategy: together to end child marriage

No images? Click here [link removed] VOICES April 2026 Dear friend, Every year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18. That’s 23 girls every minute. Ending child marriage is urgent — and it is achievable. But progress is not happening fast enough. Today, Girls…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Looking back at 2025 | VOICES, December 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] DECEMBER 2025 Dear friend, A message from our CEO As 2025 draws to a close, I reflect on a year defined by resilience and hope, especially in the face of immense challenges. We experienced both new and evolving threats emerge, alongside the persis…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM

At the 16th Regional Conference on Women | VOICES, September 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] SEPTEMBER 2025 Translate this email [[link removed]] Dear friend, At the 16th Regional Conference on Women in Mexico City, Girls Not Brides' Secretariat and membership in Latin America and the Caribbean came together to highlight child, earl…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
August 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM

Remembering Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, a 'hero on ending child marriages' | VOICES, August 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] AUGUST 2025 Translate this email [[link removed]] Dear friend, We were deeply saddened by the passing of 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼 of Malawi — a visionary leader, fearless advocate, and long-standing ally in the global movement to en…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
July 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM

Power in Partnership to End Child Marriage | VOICES, July 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] JULY 2025 Translate this email [[link removed]] Dear friend, We’re thrilled to share the Girls Not Brides 2024 Impact Report [[link removed]], highlighting a year of remarkable progress in our global journey to end child marriage. In 202…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
May 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM

Uniting across borders to end child marriage through gender-transformative education | VOICES, May 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] MAY 2025 Translate this email [[link removed]] Dear friend, In West and Central Africa, 39% of girls are married before the age of 18, and the region is home to seven of the ten countries with the highest prevalence of child marriage – a rea…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Putting girls first: our takeaways from CSW69 | VOICES, April 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] APRIL 2025 Translate this email [[link removed]] Dear friend, As civil society, governments, donors, and activists gathered for the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), one message rang clear: ending child marriage and advancing t…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
March 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM

#DearFutureMe: Letters to the future – and a call to action | VOICES, March 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] MARCH 2025 Translate this email [[link removed]] Dear friend, When girls speak, the world should listen. Through the #DearFutureMe campaign [[link removed]] launched at CSW69, girls around the world are sharing powerful letters [[link r…
  Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage · [email protected]
February 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM

⏰ Save the Date: Grassroots & Activists Panel and Nawi Film Screening | CSW69

No images? Click here [link removed] RSVP [[link removed]] Traduire en français [[link removed]] | Traducir al español [[link removed]] Dear friend, Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, Girls First Fund, Nawi, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF),…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
January 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM

Looking ahead to 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ | VOICES January 2025

No images? Click here [link removed] JANUARY 2025 Translate this email [[link removed]] Dear friend, As we welcome 2025, we celebrate the incredible progress we made together in 2024 [[link removed]] – a year of landmark victories for the movement to end child marriage. From …
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
November 28, 2024 at 11:26 AM

📢 16 Days of Activism: End Gender-Based Violence & Child Marriage | Voices November 2024

No images? Click here [link removed] NOVEMBER 2024 Dear friend, The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual global campaign that runs from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to December 10 (Human Rights Day). It’s a time to …
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
October 31, 2024 at 12:23 PM

📢 Meet Dr. Alaa Murabit, our new Board Chair! | Voices October 2024

No images? Click here [link removed] OCTOBER 2024 Dear friend, We are excited and proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Alaa Murabit as our new Chair of our Board of Trustees. Dr. Alaa Murabit is a medical doctor, women's rights advocate and global security specialist. Her appointment m…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
September 26, 2024 at 2:21 PM

📢 What the Pact for the Future means for ending child marriage | Voices September 2024

No images? Click here [link removed] SEPTEMBER 2024 Dear friend, A future without child marriage should not be a dream. At the 79th UN General Assembly and Summit of the Future, world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to ending child, early, and forced marriages through the Pact for t…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
August 29, 2024 at 10:45 AM

📢 Voices Newsletter - August 2024

No images? Click here [link removed] Voices AUGUST 2024 Dear friend, As we step into August, a month traditionally associated with summer relaxation, we find ourselves immersed in a whirlwind of key advocacy moments. This month stands as a powerful reminder of the ongoing efforts, ch…
  Voices, Girls Not Brides Newsletter · [email protected]
August 5, 2024 at 3:15 PM

📢 Voices Newsletter: Inspirational leaders at the forefront of the movement to end child marriage

No images? Click here [link removed] Voices JULY 2024 Dear friend, In our last Voices Edition, Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, Girls Not Brides CEO, said: "Solving big problems like child marriage is only possible through a movement of leaders collaborating to create change." Lucky for us, …
  Voices, Girls Not Brides Newsletter · [email protected]
June 27, 2024 at 11:28 AM

📣June Voices Newsletter

No images? Click here [link removed] Voices JUNE 2024 Dear friend, A message from Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, CEO, Girls Not Brides I cannot believe we are halfway through the year! In 6 months, I have had the privilege to already meet some amazing changemakers from around the world…
  The Voices, Girls Not Brides Newsletter · [email protected]
May 15, 2024 at 1:04 PM

📢 May Voices Newsletter : Empowering Change Through Advocacy and Action

No images? Click here [link removed] Voices MAY 2024 Dear friend, Explore our May newsletter for highlights on the strategic donor meetings, ICPD and our ending child marriage initiatives, and calls for free education rights. Discover UN human rights tools, mental health impacts of c…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
April 10, 2024 at 3:06 PM

April Voices: Guatemala Dialogue for Change, CSW, updates from Ghana and more

No images? Click here [link removed] Voices APRIL 2024 In this issue: Guatemala: Highlights from #DialogarParaCambiarCSW68: Find out more about the Agreed ConclusionsStatement: Girls Not Brides Ghana Partnership World Social Forum: Progress depends on girls being free to exercise the…
  Girls Not Brides' Communications Team · [email protected]
April 2, 2024 at 2:09 PM

⚕️World Health Day Social Media Toolkit

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, I hope this message finds you well. For this Sunday, April 7, 2024, which marks World Health Day, we are excited to share our Social Media Toolkit to strengthen our collective voices. The toolkit provides engaging content and impactful v…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
March 7, 2024 at 4:37 PM

Our impact in 2023, CSW68 and the LAC Regional Convening

No images? Click here [link removed] Voices MARCH 2024 In this issue: Impact Report: Highlights from our work in 2023CSW68: Advancing the ending child marriage agenda#AfricaDisruptCSW68: Reclaiming the Dignity of Women and Girls in AfricaLAC Regional Convening: Building our alliance …
  Girls Not Brides, Voices Newsletter · [email protected]
January 31, 2024 at 4:22 PM

CEFMU and the law webinar, new blog and a message from our CEO

No images? Click here [link removed] Voices JANUARY 2024 In this issue: International Day of Education: Calling for governments to prioritise girls' educationSummit of the Future: Five focus areas for child marriageGeorgia Arnold: The power of storytellingLearning series: CEFMU and t…
  Girls Not Brides, Voices Newsletter · [email protected]
December 20, 2023 at 3:55 PM

Friend, see you in 2024!

No images? Click here [link removed] DECEMBER EDITION Our 2023 Highlights As the year draws to a close, we would like to share with you this message from our CEO Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell, Head of Asia Engagement Shreya Ghosh, Head of Africa Engagement Nerida Nthamburi, and Head of Latin Amer…
  Girls Not Brides, Voices Newsletter · [email protected]
November 13, 2023 at 12:02 PM

Friend, The Voices October edition

No images? Click here [link removed] OCTOBER EDITION October began with a moment of reflection and strategic planning for the Girls Not Brides Secretariat as we had our whole team retreat. This retreat served as a collective recharge, reuniting us and building momentum for the exciting journe…
  Voices, Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
September 14, 2023 at 9:10 AM

September round-up: Meet India's Changemakers

No images? Click here [link removed] September 2023 CHANGEMAKERS: STORIES OF GENDER JUSTICE CHAMPIONS WORKING IN INDIA TO END CHILD MARRIAGE The Gender Leadership Programme (GLP) to end child marriage supported 27 Girls Not Brides members from across India to become Gender Justice Champion…
  Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, Girl Not Brides · [email protected]
August 10, 2023 at 10:40 AM

🌟My top 5 Women Deliver moments

No images? Click here [link removed] August 2023 Girls Not Brides hosted an official side event exclusively for our members [[link removed]], partners and supporters. This event was a space for discussion, learning, and collaboration, around specific topics relevant to ending child marriage …
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
July 14, 2023 at 7:01 AM

Friend, where to find us at Women Deliver 2023

No images? Click here [link removed] July 2023 Dear friend, Girls' and women’s lives are compromised by being valued less because of their gender. This is exacerbated by emerging global crises, including climate change, conflict, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues have …
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
May 17, 2023 at 9:31 AM

friend, we need to go 20x faster to end child marriage by 2030

No images? Click here [link removed] May 2023 Dear friend, UNICEF, with the support of the Global Programme to end Child Marriage (GPECM), produced and painted a graffiti on the walls of a secondary school in Monapo district (Nampula province) to sensitize the community on the negative imp…
  Voices, Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
April 13, 2023 at 1:01 PM

The April edition of the Voices is here 💫

No images? Click here [link removed] April 2023 Dear friend, Let's begin with some quick trivia: what article was TIME magazine’s most read on International Women’s Day 2023 and reached over 60M people? Answer: This article [[link removed]] on how to end child marriage. Internationa…
  Voices, Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
March 1, 2023 at 12:28 PM

Meet some of the leaders of the movement to end child marriage

No images? Click here [link removed] March 2023 Dear friend, We can all be leaders of the movement to end child marriage. Girls Not Brides is a partnership for collective action. We work together towards our collective vision – a world without child marriage where girls and women enjoy …
  Faith, Girl Not Brides · [email protected]
January 18, 2023 at 2:54 PM

Looking forward to 2023: Here's what the global Partnership will be doing

No images? Click here [link removed] January 2023 Dear friend, In this first edition of "Voices" for 2023, we celebrate our top successes from the last year: launching a National Partnership in Guatemala, a flagship project with the Kuria community in Kenya and Tanzania, and a first-of-its…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
December 5, 2022 at 3:49 PM

Welcome to Voices, your refreshed monthly newsletter from Girls Not Brides

No images? Click here [link removed] December 2022 Dear friend, Welcome to “Voices”: your refreshed monthly newsletter from Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage. Our first issue focuses on the impact of global crises on girls and adolescents, and why it’s criti…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
August 22, 2022 at 9:21 AM

We asked, you responded!

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, Last month, we invited you to tell us more about yourself, and the type of information and content you want to receive from Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage. And you responded in your hundreds! Thank you for sh…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Changemaker, we want to hear from you

Dear friend, As a supporter of the global movement to end child marriage, your views and opinions are important to us. Over the last 12 months, we’ve shared girls’ stories, the voices and experiences of Girls Not Brides member organisations, and news, resources and important advancements from …
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
July 11, 2022 at 8:15 AM

“A lot of girls don’t realise they can say no.” - Soferes, Malawi

Dear friend, In times of crisis, girls and young women face some of the most severe impacts, and are put at higher risk of child marriage. In Malawi – where 42% of girls are married before they are 18 – girls living in refugee camps can see marriage as their only option. This was the case for …
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
April 29, 2022 at 2:24 PM

What are the next steps for Power to Girls?

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, To end child marriage at scale, we need a multitude of committed leaders, like you, to pave the way for a better future for girls and young women. April marks an important juncture in our Power to Girls campaign, where we’ve seen Girls Not …
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
March 30, 2022 at 1:03 PM

“My mother had dreams”: Poetic activism to end child marriage

Dear friend, No matter who you are, each one of us has the power to take action to end child marriage. It’s a common misconception that issues relating to gender equality and improving girls’ access to their rights, agency and power are “women’s issues” and that men and boys don’t need to get inv…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
February 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM

"I used to feel angry at myself for being born as a girl." – Kavita, Nepal

Dear friend, Did you know that in Nepal, 33% of girls are married before they turn 18? (UNICEF) With few other options for their path in life, many girls are entered into marriage as children - often driven by poverty, lack of access to education, and entrenched gender inequality. This is desp…
  Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell · [email protected]
December 26, 2021 at 11:59 AM

Girls Not Brides mourns the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, our co-founder and global champion

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, Girls Not Brides is mourning the passing of its founder and champion, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. His passion and commitment put girls’ rights and lives at the centre of global conversation, and called many leaders around the world to “let gir…
  Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell · [email protected]
December 22, 2021 at 9:30 AM

End of year greetings , from Girls Not Brides

Dear friend I want to take this moment as we come towards the end of 2021, to thank you so much for your continued support and dedication to secure a better future for girls everywhere. Despite the many challenges we have faced this year, 2021 has been a year of working hard together on our missi…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
November 19, 2021 at 12:42 PM

Friend, what will you do for girls this #16days? 🙋🏾‍♀️🌍

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, For many people around the world, November signals the start of winding down toward the end of the calendar year. For people like us in the movement to end child marriage, this month brings an important moment to come together and accelerate c…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
October 15, 2021 at 12:41 PM

Friend, movements are built with people like you

Dear friend, It was the late American cultural anthropologist, Margaret Mead, who boldly said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” To change the world, you need to work expansively, collaboratively,…
  The Girls Not Brides team · [email protected]
September 28, 2021 at 9:11 AM

It’s almost here – The Power to Girls virtual festival!

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, The day is almost upon us. We are delighted to invite you to the launch of our new Power To Girls campaign at a virtual festival on Thursday 30 September. Register now [[link removed]] Join Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End…
  The Girls Not Brides team · [email protected]
September 15, 2021 at 1:40 PM

Friend, don’t miss the Power to Girls Virtual Festival this September

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, We have some exciting news to share from Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage. This September we are launching our new global campaign, Power to Girls. The campaign will call on decision makers to take urgent action t…
  Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell · [email protected]
July 16, 2021 at 10:57 AM

When it comes to girls’ dreams, the sky cannot be the limit

No images? Click here [link removed] Dear friend, Growing up in rural Central Kenya, my one dream was to be a doctor. I knew it was possible; all I had to do was work hard in school. Me sitting and writing this message is testament to a young girl’s dreams fulfilled. I didn’t become a physic…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
June 10, 2021 at 2:27 PM

"Girls can do the same things boys can do!"

Dear friend, It’s been a while since we were last in touch. Over the past year, our focus has been on supporting our Partnership and learning from the many challenges that COVID-19 has presented – and continues to present – in many parts of the world. For the global movement to end child marriage…
  Elvira Constantina Pablo Antonio · [email protected]
November 3, 2020 at 9:30 AM

Follow and join the conversation with Jóvenas Latidas

Dear friends, I hope you are well. I’d like to take this opportunity to share with you the “Jóvenas Latidas campaign, created and implemented by young women leaders in Latin America to make visible the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rights of girls, adolescents and young women in the reg…
  Elsa Maarawi · [email protected]
August 21, 2020 at 12:16 PM

Humanitarian crises put girls at risk of child marriage

Dear friends, As the world focuses in on the lives of people affected by crises around World Humanitarian Day this week, we take the opportunity to share our updated brief on child marriage in humanitarian contexts. The risk of child marriage increases drastically for girls before, during and aft…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
May 29, 2020 at 1:40 PM

More than a white dress: girls rise to end child marriage

Dear friends, We are all living in a very different world from when we were last in touch. No one could have foreseen the wide-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic just a few short months ago, and now most people, in most countries around the world, have had to make significant changes to the…
  Girls Not Brides · [email protected]
November 15, 2019 at 12:14 PM

Share your everyday activism with us this #16days

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) [link removed] ** ** Tanzania’s Supreme Court declares child marriage unconstitutional ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ In a landmark ruling, Tanz…