Widows and Adolescent Girls Welfare and Development Organization SL (WAGWEDO-SL)

Widows and Adolescent Girls Welfare and Development Organization SL (WAGWEDO-SL) a female led organization works to restore the lost dignity of rural adolescent and young widows. It was set up in 2016 by young women inspired to transform the situation of rural girls and young women facing discrimination and oppressive conditions in their communities. Their programs focus on social protection strategies and activities that promote rural adolescent girls and widows’ rights in education; girls’ economic collectives. They also link up the rural adolescent girls widows into a network that can access health services, education, and livelihood initiatives that will improve their lives.