Adolescent Girls' Programming Community of Practice

  • P Project/Program

I Inactive

Key Information

To foster geographically anchored communities of practice and build the capacity of local NGOs, bilateral and multilateral organizations, civil society organizations, and governments to better reach the poorest adolescent girls in the poorest communities with their programming through the use of evidence-based tools and the intentional design approach.  

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
  • Population Council
Location(s)

East Asia & Pacific, Europe & Central Asia, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia

Activity URL

https://popcouncil.org/basic_page/adolescent-girls-community-of-practice/

Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated program
Years

2013 - 2022

Partner(s)

Over 100 partners

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Anonymous donors

COVID-19 Response
Adapted
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
Other skills
  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training
Quality
  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
Skills
  • Other academic performance-related
  • STEM
Cross-cutting areas
  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

6 - 24

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
School-related gender-based violence
  • Safe and welcoming schools
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Curricula, teaching and learning materials are free of gender-bias and stereotypes
Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown

Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
Karen Austrian
Population Council
Senior Associate
kaustrian@popcouncil.org