Youth and Women Health: Education, Health, Social, Economic and Political Development

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Key Information

Girls and women social economic empowerment programmes are age approppriate, rights based and cultural sensitive in nature. The key strategies applied include: community sesnitizations and awareness campigns on girls and women rights, key stakeholdersand and duty bearer trainings, advocacy and policy influienicng, collaborations, networking and building partnerships, and role modeling. Some of the key interventions undertaken include: addressing issues of gender and education, promoting sexual health of young people and girls including sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) awareness, self awareness, reducing female genital mutiliation, sexuality education and addressing child and early marriage issues. This program also connects girls with various institutions for post primary and secondary school support, enhances women and girls' participation in political leadership and decision making, educates women on their rights, supports community structures for child protection, and providing scholarships to enable vulnerable children access basic education.


Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2021 - 2030

Partner(s)

Tharaka Nithi, Centre for Study on Adloesencts (CSA), Wemone Welfare Organization

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), Prestiner Werner Ventures, Uraia-Trust, Akiba Uhaki Human Rights and Social Justice Fund, Segal Family Foundation, Kindernothilfe

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

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Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other

  • Early childhood development
  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • School violence

Skills

  • Civics education
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Other academic performance-related

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • HIV and STIs
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Community leaders, Girls (both in school and out of school), Mothers, Other community members - female, Other family members, Religious leaders, School administrators, Sisters, Spouses/partners, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth

Age

10 - 49

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Pre-school
  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational
  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

  • Brothers
  • Other caregivers
  • Other community members - male
  • Parent-teacher associations/school management committees

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Homeless/street children
  • Indigenous
  • Internal migrants (from other areas of the same country)
  • LGBTQ+
  • Nomadic groups
  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People living with HIV/AIDS
  • People with disabilities

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Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown

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Primary Contact

Gladys Miriti
Grassroots Development Initiatives Foundation-Kenya (GRADIF-K)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
gladys@gradifkenya.org