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From national laws and policies to local programmes: obstacles and opportunities in communications for adolescent girls’ empowerment in Uganda (Routledge, 2018, Chapter 5)

February 12, 2019

This chapter examines action for gender norm change within the broader institutional context in Uganda, which has relatively strong national legislative frameworks and policies to support gender equality and adolescent girls. Despite this, change on the ground is slow and in some places appears non-existent. To examine action for change in this context, the chapter considers selected communications initiatives that aim to shift discriminatory norms around adolescent girls in rural communities. The analysis is set against the backdrop of the country’s national legal, policy and programme environment for gender empowerment and adolescent girls, highlighting both the enabling aspects of progressive laws and policies along with some of the ambiguities around adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights and the reform of marriage legislation, as well as significant gaps between policy promises at national level and action on the ground.

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Filed Under: Advocacy, Children, Education, Gender, Publications (published in print and/or online), Rural Development, Social Norms Analysis, Uganda Tagged With: Adolescents, Early Marriage, Girls, SRH

Effectiveness of a community based intervention to delay early marriage, early pregnancy and improve school retention among adolescents in India (BMC Public Health 2018 18:732)

February 12, 2019

Child marriage is being increasingly recognized globally as a fundamental violation of human rights. Child marriages occur globally in varying degrees across countries and regions. South Asia alone accounted for almost half of the total number of child marriages that have occurred globally. Early marriage can lead to serious ramifications such as school drop-out, early pregnancy, maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a multi-pronged community-based intervention and the role of access to mass media on early marriage, early pregnancy and school retention among young people in two states of India.

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Filed Under: *INTER-PERSONAL ROUTES, *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Awareness Raising, Behaviour Change Communication, Children, Education, India, Research Papers Tagged With: Early Marriage, School Dropouts, Teenage Pregnancy

My Safety, My Wellbeing: Equipping adolescent girls with key knowledge and skills to help them to mitigate, prevent and respond to gender based violence (IRC, 2016)

February 11, 2019

This curriculum was developed by the IRC and the Women’s Protection and Empowerment programme to equip adolescent girls with key knowledge and skills to help them to reduce, prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV). It is designed to be used in the classroom.

The curriculum is structured to have two separate age groups (11-13 and 14-18) enrolled in 24 two-hour sessions over the course of 12 weeks. Skills-building sessions address topics such as communication, decision making, confidence and problem solving, each with a specific focus on GBV, early marriage, reproductive health, hygiene, managing stress, relationships with parents, and having healthy relationships.

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Filed Under: *INTER-PERSONAL ROUTES, Awareness Raising, Behaviour Change Communication, Children, Education, Gender Based Violence, Health, Publications (published in print and/or online) Tagged With: Early Marriage, Schools

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