Sex Education
Budget: $250 – $750 USD
Scale Up “Sugar Daddy Awareness” Classes
We challenge you to design a new social enterprise that teaches “sugar daddy awareness,” a
training class that helps girls avoid risky sexual behavior that leads to unwanted pregnancy and
STDs, to Grade 8 girls in a developing country with high HIV rates. D-Prize will award up to
$20,000 to teams with a plan to launch a pilot of this work with a vision to reach 100,000 girls
within five years and scale country-wide.
The Poverty Problem
In sub-Saharan Africa, an unwanted pregnancy or HIV infection can quickly erase a young girl’s
chance out of poverty. An unwanted pregnancy often results in girls dropping out of school.
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This is the future for a shocking 10 percent of teenage women in sub-Saharan Africa.
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A root cause is cross-generational relationships. Teenage girls are commonly preyed upon by
older men known as “sugar daddies,” who give money and gifts in exchange for sex. Older men
have been sexually active longer and have had more sexual partners, and thus are a high risk
group to transmit HIV. This is why HIV rates are up to 5x higher among 15-19 year-old girls
compared to boys.
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Girls are also less able to insist on abstinence or safe sex practices when partnered with an
older adult man, which increases the risk of unplanned pregnancy
We challenge you to design a new social enterprise that teaches “sugar daddy awareness,” a
training class that helps girls avoid risky sexual behavior that leads to unwanted pregnancy and
STDs, to Grade 8 girls in a developing country with high HIV rates. D-Prize will award up to
$20,000 to teams with a plan to launch a pilot of this work with a vision to reach 100,000 girls
within five years and scale country-wide.
The Poverty Problem
In sub-Saharan Africa, an unwanted pregnancy or HIV infection can quickly erase a young girl’s
chance out of poverty. An unwanted pregnancy often results in girls dropping out of school.
1
This is the future for a shocking 10 percent of teenage women in sub-Saharan Africa.
2
A root cause is cross-generational relationships. Teenage girls are commonly preyed upon by
older men known as “sugar daddies,” who give money and gifts in exchange for sex. Older men
have been sexually active longer and have had more sexual partners, and thus are a high risk
group to transmit HIV. This is why HIV rates are up to 5x higher among 15-19 year-old girls
compared to boys.
3
Girls are also less able to insist on abstinence or safe sex practices when partnered with an
older adult man, which increases the risk of unplanned pregnancy