Act With Her

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

Aiming to improve gender equality and empower adolescent girls ages 10-17, this 5-year project strives to increase girls’ capabilities across six domains of well-being and facilitate healthy transitions to adulthood, including through puberty and secondary school, and—if they so choose—through sexual debut, employment, marriage, and childbearing. It also engages boys, families, and communities to shift inequitable gender norms, and works to increase the accessibility and use of key health, education, and other systems by adolescents.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia

Activity URL

https://www.pathfinder.org/projects/act-with-her/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2017 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment
  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion
Other
  • Transition from school to work
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

10 - 17

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Boys (both in school and out of school)
  • Brothers
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Other family members
  • Sisters

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
  • Peer mentors
School-related gender-based violence
  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Dr Abiy Hiruy
Pathfinder International
Program Manager in Ethiopia
Ahiruy@pathfinder.org