Girl Power Project

Support by: Plan International
Period: July 2011-December 2015

A number of countrywide activities were undertaken under the project in order to combat gender based violence against girls and young women.

Possible activities of the project included motivating grassroots-level journalists to increase issue related reports and coverage, six month fellowship on journalism for female graduates, workshops with the local journalists, organising conferences, courage and capacity development activities for school and college girls to defend their rights and technique of dissemination information on gender based violence to media and law and order enforcement agencies, and launching a programme related specialised website.