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COALITION FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS
The Coalition for Adolescent Girls is committed to creating lasting change
for communities in the developing world by driving investments to adolescent
girls. When girls are educated, healthy and financially literate, they will
play a key role in ending generations of poverty.
Founded by the United Nations
Foundation and the Nike Foundation in 2005, the Coalition has been joined by
more than 30 leading international organizations, including its founding
members,
This public-private partnership
brings fresh perspectives, diverse resources and concrete solutions to the
challenges facing adolescent girls in developing countries.
Our goal is to unleash the untapped potential of the developing world’s 600 million adolescent girls by raising awareness and driving action.
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http://www.coalitionforadolescentgirls.org/10_actions
10 Actions: How Girls
Today Can End Poverty Tomorrow
Count
1
Ensure governments
register all newborns and provide birth certificates to ensure access to health
services and education. Furnish government-issued identification cards for all
girls and boys over age 10 to reduce economic and social exploitation and to
prevent girls’ underage marriage.
2
Track program
beneficiaries by age, gender, marital status, location, family income and
school enrollment status in all programs and sectors. Analyze this information
to assess whether programs are reaching adolescent girls—especially the most
vulnerable. Regularly report results to increase accountability, share
learnings, target solutions, demonstrate success, and catalyze more resources.
Invest
3
Increase bilateral
development funding for gender equality by 20% as part of a comprehensive
effort to invest in adolescent girls. Mobilize resources from foundations and
corporations to address girls’ needs. Deploy gender and girl experts in-country
to advise on program design and ensure resources reach girls. Press for
specific investments for girls by integrating their interests and needs in all
major initiatives and by beginning such investments as early as 10 years old.
4
Provide schooling
for all girls through lower secondary school, or to age 16, at a minimum, using
subsidies, scholarships and conditional cash transfers to make it affordable
for disadvantaged girls. Expand primary school facilities to house secondary
school classes. Invest in non-formal schooling options to reach the most
vulnerable girls. Track enrollment, completion rates, and the percentage of
girls at grade for age to measure progress.
5
Given the
disproportionate infection rates between girls and boys, implement prevention
programs targeted to girls, Create a girl-specific focus within the Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to innovate new approaches and
advocate for a girl-specific focus within country-level HIV plans and
strategies. Track HIV resources to ensure they reach and benefit girls.
6
Provide adolescent
girls with services that are accessible, customized, confidential, and
nonjudgmental. Offer check-ups for girls starting at age 10 that screen for
reproductive and sexual health risks such as domestic violence and unintended
pregnancy as well as for country-specific health issues like malaria. Target
at-risk pregnant girls to reduce maternal mortality and conditions, such as
fistula.
7
Build marketable
skills by enhancing the relevance of educational curricula and developing
after-school tutoring and mentoring programs. Develop internships,
apprenticeships and training opportunities to promote girls’ transitions to
safe and productive livelihoods. Offer financial education programs – both
formal and non-formal -- for girls at age 10-14 to build economic assets and
financial literacy early in life. Work with microfinance and banking
institutions to design services for girls, including savings accounts so girls
can protect their assets.
Advocate
8
Build marketable
skills by enhancing the relevance of educational curricula and developing
after-school tutoring and mentoring programs. Develop internships,
apprenticeships and training opportunities to promote girls’ transitions to
safe and productive livelihoods. Offer financial education programs – both
formal and non-formal -- for girls at age 10-14 to build economic assets and
financial literacy early in life. Work with microfinance and banking
institutions to design services for girls, including savings accounts so girls
can protect their assets.
9
Educate girls on
their rights. Train and equip girls to educate leaders about their lives and to
press for the enforcement of laws and policies that protect and enhance their
rights. Engage girls in creating and executing programs and services that
improve their own lives and those of their families and communities.
10
Support religious
and community leaders and head teachers to foster healthier, more supportive
communities where girls can create and execute their own solutions. Engage men
and boys as program co-beneficiaries and as important agents of solutions.
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