Breakthrough Trust

About Breakthrough Trust

Breakthrough was founded in 1999 with the mission of using arts and culture to bring human rights issues, especially violence and discrimination against marginalized groups into mainstream conversation and inspire critical masses of people to take action for change. At Breakthrough, we inspire people to fight for the rights of women and girls by catalyzing leadership in communities to change deep-rooted cultural norms that perpetuate gender-based discrimination and violence. We work extensively with young people through trainings that help them develop a stronger identity and the confidence to make their own life decisions.