Girls' Clubs (Batonga Foundation)

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Batonga’s SONAFA clubs provide young women and girls with access to a weekly girl-only safe space in their own community, where they gain the support of a local, female mentor; physical and emotional security; technical and life skills; as well as a sense of importance and belonging to their community. The new skills acquired through our clubs enable girls to lead healthy, financially independent and empowered lives.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Activity URL

https://batongafoundation.org/what-we-do/batonga-in-action/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training

Social/gender norms change

  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training
  • Self-help groups (non-financial)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved critical thinking
  • Increased school completion (general)

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms