National Multi-Sectoral Coordination Framework for Adolescent Girls in Uganda

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

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Key Information

The Multi-sectoral Framework for Adolescent Girls outlines the Government of Uganda’s commitments and efforts on investing in adolescence as the second decade of life. Some of the objectives of the Framework include: provide a strong advocacy tool based on the current state of scientific evidence on the importance of investing in adolescents as well as the situation of adolescent girls themselves in Uganda; provide a common platform and concerted effort across different sectors to shift key indicators for adolescent girls’ development and wellbeing, with measurable results; provide a coordination framework; coordination between policies/interventions in different sectors and ministries; provide a basis for planning, budgeting and resource mobilization to support investments in adolescent girls; provide a platform for involvement of adolescent girls in issues regarding their development and wellbeing. UNICEF is working with the government and partners to provide integrated and youth-responsive health information, care and support to adolescents at risk of, and living with, HIV and AIDS. This includes implementing the School Health Policy, improving access to HIV testing and TB diagnosis, preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV from adolescent mothers to their babies, and treatment and support for adolescents with HIV and TB. UNICEF is supporting life skills education in schools, including adolescent-friendly reproductive health education and awareness-raising on HIV transmission and prevention, using various platforms like clubs, sports, music, dance and drama.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Uganda

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2017 - 2022

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD), Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School-related gender-based violence

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • People living with HIV/AIDS

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Health and childcare services

  • Adolescent-friendly health services
  • Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)

Life skills education

  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Education sector plans, budgets, policies, and data systems are more gender-equitable
  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved health - other
  • Improved mental health
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced violence against children in the home