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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

Might ones

One-line solution summary:

Ensuring equality in girls and women

Pitch your solution.

Educating girl is one of the best investments her family and country can make. It can be quality education which is life changing for girls helping them to develop to their full potential.

Early marriage and teen pregnancy keep the girls out of school. Today girls in low income countries continue to become married before the age of 18.

School related violence harms million of girls from learning.

Lack of funding where most of the girls from poor families that can't afford paying tuition for them.

Poor sanitation, domestic violence are also problems hindering girls from learning.

They are marginalized simply because they are girls and the cultural norms towards them.

We shall give strong foundation through early childhood development.

Provide girls with job relevant skills that employers actually demand.

To create environment that encourages investments. creativity.

Girls will acquire possible skills of leadership, economic development, education for next generations.

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What specific problem are you solving?

Early marriage and teen pregnancy keep the girls and women out of school. Today one in three in low and middle income countries continue to become married before age of 18 and one in nine girls are married before 15th birthday. While countries with highest prevalence of child marriage are from Western and sub Sahara countries.

Pervasive school related violence harms million of girls and women. The violence ranges from extreme acts such as kidnapping bullying and sexual abuse.

Restricted space and expectations limits girls and women ability to reap the return of learning. Social norms defines the roles that girls and men have in family or community.

Girls and women are marginalized simply because they are girls and the cultural norms. There chances of learning are smaller,if they come from poor families, live in rural areas or have disability it's worse.

Lack of funding. In most cases many girls come from poor families that can't afford paying tuition for them living out girls and women out of the learning sector.

Poor sanitation also affects girls while learning. Many girls in the rural areas go into mestruation but lack important equipments like pads to make them go through this.

What is your solution?

To ensure that we teach parents and telling them to ease the work load of girls at home. This will give time for girls and women to attend learning lessons.

Training teachers and community members to be gender aware. This will create equality among boys and girls.

Keep girls and women in school safe. This will create a favourable environment for them to learn without them living schools due to the protection.

Give girls strong foundation through early childhood development. This will make them grow valuing the importance of learning.

Honor academic success and extracurricular achievements to girls and women who have acquired skills. This will attract other girls to join school.

Provide girls with job relevant skills that employers actually demand. This will help girls and women to also be in positions of leadership.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

The solution is targeting rural women and girls that can't access school. This will help many of them to develop skills and knowledge for future reference and well being.

Many of the girls go into early marriage or drop out of school due to lack of funding.

If girls acquire needed knowledge and skills after learning.

They will be to gain leadership skills that will help them to contest in many positions that men do also. This will bring equality and fair treatment in the country.

There will be economic development where by girls and women will be able to do business. This will increase on government revenues leading to the development of the country.

Education for the next generation of children. Many women will have the capacity to educate there own children because they will know the importance of education.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Reduce the barriers that prevent girls and young women—especially those living in conflict and emergency situations—from reaching key learning milestones

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Kyotera, Uganda

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Pilot: An organization deploying a tested product, service, or business model in at least one community

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

Akuguzibwe Isaac. Programmes manager