Empowering girls to participate in sports creates safe spaces for them to speak about issues affecting them.

My name is Sabina and I am a very active girl who loves sports. I think sport is a conversation starter towards ending gender inequality and GBV. I believe every girl should be accorded similar opportunities as to those given to boys especially in sports.

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When you want to pee, the urine comes out in drops for about two hours. Sadia Hussein’s FGM Story

Sadia Hussein has dedicated her whole life to fighting FGM and the rights of girls and women, her activism has been inspired by her life story of undergoing FGM.

My name is Sadia Hussein; I am a women's rights activist. I went through FGM at the age of 10, I can vividly remember what happened to me and every time I want to talk about it, I remember the incident.

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How do the media and the Internet Affect girls in Africa?

Africa is rapidly developing into a techno-world and the consumption rate of online content has strikingly increased especially with young people having internet connectivity at their fingertips. This draws attention to the content provided and found in media and the internet which has an impact on the lives of children especially girls.

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