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https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/W165-0455-002_Low_res_comp-e1595441649428.jpg800420Members of Henna Girls Power group in a community in Basanti. (January 2020) Girl Power Groups (GPG) are formed for empowering adolescent girls to protect themselves and their peers from traffickers. In their weekly group meetings, girls learn life skills, Sports-4- Development, personal safety education, legal awareness and safe migration. The groups also detect incidents of trafficking, child marriage and other gender-based violence and take direct action to stop them. The Henna Girl power group has handled cases of child marriage, child labour, trafficking, alcoholism, domestic violence, eve teasing, and many other smaller cases.