Better Life for Girls (BL4G) Uganda

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Key Information

Better Life for Girls in Uganda is a multi-sectoral initiative that seeks to strengthen efforts to prevent teenage pregnancy and underage marriage so as to reap the girl effect dividend. The program works towards strengthening national capacity to deliver improved sexual and reproductive health outcomes and socio-economic empowerment for adolescent girls in 14 districts in Uganda. The program utilizes a holistic and gender-focused approach to empower girls and builds on previous country efforts to prevent teenage pregnancy.

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Uganda

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

Activity URL

https://uganda.unfpa.org/en/submission/better-life-girls-end-project-evaluation

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2016 - 2018

Partner(s)

Straight Talk Foundation, Communication for Development Foundation of Uganda, and Reach a Hand Uganda

Ministry Affiliation

Uganda Ministry of Health, Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Not changed

Geographic Scope

National

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

Quality

  • School quality

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Empowerment
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

10 - 19

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Boys (both in school and out of school)
  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Religious leaders
  • Youth

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Health and childcare services

  • Adolescent-friendly health services
  • HIV prevention

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased grade attainment

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced STI/HIV/AIDS