Youth and Women Health: Education, Health, Social, Economic and Political Development
- P Project/Program
A Active
Key Information
Girls and women social economic empowerment programmes are age approppriate, rights based and cultural sensitive in nature. The key strategies applied include: community sesnitizations and awareness campigns on girls and women rights, key stakeholdersand and duty bearer trainings, advocacy and policy influienicng, collaborations, networking and building partnerships, and role modeling. Some of the key interventions undertaken include: addressing issues of gender and education, promoting sexual health of young people and girls including sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) awareness, self awareness, reducing female genital mutiliation, sexuality education and addressing child and early marriage issues. This program also connects girls with various institutions for post primary and secondary school support, enhances women and girls' participation in political leadership and decision making, educates women on their rights, supports community structures for child protection, and providing scholarships to enable vulnerable children access basic education.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya
Activity URL
https://www.gradifkenya.org/programs/social-economic-empowerment/youth-women-empowerment/
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2021 - 2030
Partner(s)
Tharaka Nithi, Centre for Study on Adloesencts (CSA), Wemone Welfare Organization
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), Prestiner Werner Ventures, Uraia-Trust, Akiba Uhaki Human Rights and Social Justice Fund, Segal Family Foundation, Kindernothilfe
COVID-19 Response
AdaptedGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
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Education areas
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other
- Early childhood development
- Transition from school to work
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- School facilities
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- School violence
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Other academic performance-related
Cross-cutting areas
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Community sensitization
- Early/child marriage
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- HIV and STIs
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Boys (both in school and out of school), Community leaders, Girls (both in school and out of school), Mothers, Other community members - female, Other family members, Religious leaders, School administrators, Sisters, Spouses/partners, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth
Age
10 - 49
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Pre-school
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
- Vocational
- Tertiary
Other populations reached
- Brothers
- Other caregivers
- Other community members - male
- Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
Participants include
- Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
- Homeless/street children
- Indigenous
- Internal migrants (from other areas of the same country)
- LGBTQ+
- Nomadic groups
- Orphans and vulnerable children
- People living with HIV/AIDS
- People with disabilities
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Education goals
Not applicable or unknown
Cross-cutting goals
Not applicable or unknown
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Primary Contact
- Gladys Miriti
- Grassroots Development Initiatives Foundation-Kenya (GRADIF-K)
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- gladys@gradifkenya.org