Girl Determined

Girl Determined helps girls recognize their personal and group potential. In Myanmar, we are sparking a movement of girls who have the leadership skills to advocate for their own rights and a future that does not re-create the challenges and risks they now face.

Girls in Myanmar struggle with restrictive gender roles, poverty, dangerous labor, violence, and early marriage. Through our programming, adolescent girls gain critical skills and confidence to assert their needs and develop plans to improve their lives.

Working since 2010, Girl Determined has been the only organization in Myanmar to work exclusively with adolescent girls, which we do through our foundational Colorful Girls program. Colorful Girls has reached over 16,000 girls in rural and urban communities across the country. The foundation of our work are our weekly programs in which girls improve their communication and leadership skills, learn to set goals and plan for their future, learn about their bodies, and develop a strong appreciation of diversity, difference, and tolerance. Girls can also access opportunities to participate in summer camps, media making, advocacy, action campaigns, and others. Through these girl-specific programs, girls from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds work together to build a world where girls are safe, confident, and have the power to decide their futures.