Break Free Alliance

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

The Break Free Program aims at ensuring that adolescents are more informed about their SRHR and exercise their right to live free from Teenage Pregnancy (TP) and Child Marriage (CM), supported by civil society. To achieve this strategic objective, we have strengthened 148 CSOs, youth-led groups and networks to lobby and advocate for improved legislation and implementation to increase girls’ agency and to promote social norm change in favor of the prevention of CM, TP and FGM/C. We are seeking to reduce the prevalence of child marriages, teenage pregnancies and female genital mutilation/cut for girls in Kenya. We are ensuring that adolescent girls at risk of CM/TP access quality and safe education and influencing duty-bearers and decision-makers to develop and implement laws and policies that respond to adolescents’ needs. This way, adolescents access quality SRHR information, education and health services.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

https://fawe.or.ke/break-free-alliance/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2021 - 2025

Partner(s)

SRHR Africa Trust, Royal Tropical Institute, Rozaria Memorial Trust

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs- The Dutch Embassy

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

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

Other skills

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

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence
  • School violence
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Civics education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

9 - 19

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational
  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Other family members
  • Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
  • Religious leaders
  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Nomadic groups

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Health and childcare services

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

Life skills education

  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns
  • Work with community leaders
  • Work with religious leaders

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Teresa Otieno
Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
CEO of FAWE Kenya
terry.otieno@fawe.or.ke