On the news:
“How Iranian-born Maryam Montag fought child marriage in Morocco”, Vogue Arabia, 2024
“Meet the teenage girls trying to eradicate child marriage in Morocco, The new Arab, 2024
“Mariage des mineures : La jeunesse en première ligne”, Femmes du Maroc, 2024
“Moroccan activists fighting child marriage to offer girls a brighter future”, The National, 2023
“Plaidoyer contre le mariage des mineurs au Maroc”, Aujourd’hui, 2022
“Plaidoyer pour la fin du mariage des mineures”, L’Opinion, 2022
“Young Moroccan girls advocate for the end of child marriage by 2025”, Hespress, 2022
“Autonomisation des filles: L'association marocaine Project Soar primée à Londres”, L’Economiste, 2020
“Project Soar remporte un prix international pour l’autonomisation des filles”, Femmes du Maroc, 2020
“Project Soar” ou comment renforcer les capacités de leadership des jeunes filles”, Libération, 2018
“Favoriser l'autonomisation des jeunes filles marginalisées”, Le Matin, 2018
“Sports-Based Non-Profit Empowering The Next Generation Of Teen Girls In Morocco”, GirlTalkHQ, 2018
“Empowering Teenage Girls in a Traditional Village and Across Morocco”, The New York Times, 2018
“Here’s How You Can Help Girls at Home & Globally on International Women’s Day”,
Sheknows, 2021 “Road to Gender Equality: Top 10 Facts About Girls’ Education in Morocco”, Borgen Magazine, 2018
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Press Releases
1 November 2024 - Project Soar and Norwegian Embassy in Morocco are Empowering a New Generation of Young Feminist Leaders (English, French, Arabic)
17 February 2023 - Syrian Girls Empowered: Pilot Program Provides Hope and Community for Syria’s Internally Displaced Teen Girls (English)
1 February 2023 - Project Soar and The Trotula Fund Tackle Menstrual Insecurity for Teen Girls in Rural Morocco (English)
1 December 2022 - BIGGER Takes Rabat (English, Français, عربي) - Special thanks to Red City PR for donating their time & resources to Project Soar
7 April 2022 - The BIGGER Movement strives to end child marriage in Morocco (English, Français)
28 February 2022 - Moroccan Girls Soar with the Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) A partnership with Project Soar & the Embassy of Canada to Morocco (English, Français)
4 November 2021 - Empowerment for Syrian Internally Displaced Girls: Project Soar & Syrian CSOs launch Girls Soar in Syria Program (English)
25 May 2021 - Celebrating Menstrual Hygiene Day: Joining forces for the rights and well-being of adolescent and young girls (English, Français, عربي)
5 November 2020 - Teen girls in Morocco surge for their rights and empowerment during COVID-19 with Project Soar (English)
1 June 2019 - Project Soar & the Ministry of Youth and Sports partner to empower Moroccan teen girls (English, Français, عربي)
17 February 2018 - Project Soar is doubling the number of sites in Morocco for girls’ empowerment after a grant from “MEPI” (English, Français)
Special Recognition
Girls Not Brides Member
In 2018 Founder and Executive Director Maryam Montague shared the Soar Solution with organizations and girls’ rights defenders from all over the world at the Girls Not Brides Global Meeting in Malaysia. Project Soar has also been featured multiple times on Girls Not Brides social media as an organization “working to combat early marriage and motherhood in Morocco.”
2019 With and For Girls Award
In 2019 Project Soar became the large prize winner of the With and For Girls Awards in the Education and Leadership category. This award recognizes “exceptional local organisations working on the frontlines to create a world where girls’ rights and wellbeing are recognised, respected and realised.”
2023 Girls Opportunity Alliance
In 2023, Project Soar joined the Girls Opportunity Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation, that seeks to empower adolescent girls around the world through education. In 2016, the Soar Solution was recognized by Mrs. Obama as a part of her Let Girls Learn Initiative, with Project Soar staff and beneficiaries invited to the White House, and referenced in We Will Rise, CNN’s girls’ empowerment documentary featuring Mrs. Obama.