Advocating for Adolescent Girls’ Rights

Uganda has signed international conventions that protect the girls and advance their rights and
TEEMI is working actively to bringing these rights to life in communities.
We do this by convening meetings with community members and we disseminate laws and
policies that protect adolescent girls. We also work with the law enforcement agencies to punish
men who sexually abuse underage girls, and connect lawyers with families to educate girls about
their rights. By creating a good environment where we have champions among parents to support
teenage mothers, we are gradually changing these norms and ensuring that girls can thrive and
live a healthy life full of opportunities to succeed. Together with communities, education
institutions, health facilities and other stakeholders, we ensure that adolescent mothers have
access to various services that they can tap in to improve their lives.