AMAL (Hope) Initiative: Adolescent Mothers Against all Odds

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The AMAL Initiative not only recognizes the importance of meeting the immediate needs of pregnant adolescents and first-time mothers in crisis-affected Syria but also addresses the need for an adolescent-responsive intervention grounded in transformative gender and social norms approaches at both the community and health service levels. With the face of fragile contexts becoming increasingly young, this package seeks to inform the global evidence base and dialogue around adolescent SRHR nexus approaches. It should be noted that this package has been developed through an iterative process and participatory approaches to adapt global approaches to the fragile context of Syria and a changing cultural and political landscape, with assistance from local partners including Shafak, Ihsan and Violet throughout.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Middle East & North Africa

Syrian Arab Republic

Activity URL

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

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2019 -

Partner(s)

Syria Relief and Development(SRD), Ihsan, Violet, Shafak, Local partners

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

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

  • Other

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Other

School Level

  • N/A

Other populations reached

  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Displaced/refugee - Internal (from other areas of the same country)

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Health and childcare services

  • Adolescent-friendly health services

Life skills education

  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
  • Gender, rights and power

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved maternal, newborn, and/or child health (MNCH)
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced violence against children in the home