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Adolescent & youth health
Confidential, stigma-free care designed with young people — not for them.
✿ malawi-based nonprofit · est. with community
Every girl deserves health,
safety & a say in
her future.
We are CEGIWE — the Center for Girls & Women Empowerment. We sit with young people, trace every kwacha, and stand beside them in front of clinics, councils & parliament.
← start here, friend — no jargon, just real stories
cegiwe
60%
rise in GBV knowledge in Dzaleka — via We Are One
1,400 mothers cared for ✦
youth-friendly care ✦ budget transparency ✦ safe spaces ✦ dignity for all ✦ Lilongwe · Dedza · Salima ✦
cegiwe
our belief, simply put
“Policies only change lives when girls themselves can question them.”
→ stockouts, stigma & silence — named out loud.
→ scorecards carried from village to district office.
→ funding ring-fenced, clinics softened, laws questioned.
where we pour our energy
Four gardens we tend, daily.
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Mothers & newborns
Stronger rural clinics + informed villages = safer births.
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Safety & equality
GBV prevention, protection for the most pushed-aside, paths to justice.
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Budgets that behave
Youth trace the money so it actually buys medicine.
pinned to our wall
Field notes, with receipts.
2024 - 2026 · Ongoing
Community Voices in Health Budgets (VOICES groundwork)
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2025 - 2026 · Ongoing
Watching the National Youth-Friendly Health Strategy
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2023 - 2024 · Completed
Focused Advancement of Support & Tools for Extended HIV Responses (FASTER)
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a small letter, from us
Put a girl at the table where decisions are made.
Scorecards, safe spaces, night clinics, fearless advocacy — your gift keeps all of it alive.