Towards Economic and Sexual Reproductive Health Outcomes for Adolescent Girls (TESFA+)

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Key Information

TESFA aims to improve sexual and reproductive health and economic outcomes for ever-married adolescent girls (ages 10-19).

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia

Activity URL

https://www.care.org/work/health/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights/what-we-do/adolescent-health/tesfa

Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated program
Years

2010 - 2020

Partner(s)

Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (ORDA), Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE), Birhan Research and Development Consultancy (BRDC)

Ministry Affiliation
Ethiopian Ministry of Women, Children, and Youth Affairs
Funder(s)

Johnson & Jonson

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
Cross-cutting areas
  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

10 - 19

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • N/A
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include
  • Other
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Health and childcare services
  • Adolescent-friendly health services
  • HIV prevention
  • HIV treatment and care
  • Maternal and child health services
Life skills education
  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
  • Gender, rights and power
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
Other
  • Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
  • Other activities to end FGM (not captured above)
School-related gender-based violence
  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
  • Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
Women's empowerment programs
  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Improved health - other
  • Improved mental health
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced intimate partner violence
  • Reduced STI/HIV/AIDS