Creating Safe Spaces for Girls and Women
Rock Girl is a grassroots movement to inspire, encourage, and invest in girl-initiated and girl-focused projects in the private and public sectors.
Rock Girl connects girls and women to champions in government, business, the media, sports, fashion, and the arts who can help them design, implement, and fund their projects.
Rock Girl uses human relationships, technology, design, and social media to advocate for the causes of girls and women and influence policies that affect their lives.
South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape and sexual violence on the continent. Two out of every five rape victims is a girl under the age of 17.
Rock Girl and the Safe Spaces Campaign were inspired by a group of Grade 6 girls from Manenberg, who decided to create a safe space at their own school.
Rock Girl empowers girls to stay in school and encourages women to become economically independent so that they can live healthy, risk-free lives. Through Rock Girl’s initiatives, women and girls gain the self-confidence and skills needed to become agents of social change in their own lives and in their communities.