From Girl to Girl - Community-Led Peer Education through Sports

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The “From Girl to Girl: Community-Led Peer Education through Sports” project gathered girls and young women in awareness sessions on gender equality through football in the form of community led peer - to - peer educational sessions and games. The girls and young women who conducted this peer - to - peer community led education program through sports are affiliated with Stars Academy of Sports (SAS), a leading soccer academy and team in Lebanon. SAS was established in 2011 and continues to provide football players with advanced training and the chance to participate in national and international tournaments.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Global

Activity URL

https://www.abaadmena.org/programmes/gender-equality/project-5816f1ffcdd2e6-89838158

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2016 -

Partner(s)

Stars Academy of Sports (SAS)

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

  • Other

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Mentorship
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

14 - 19

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Peer mentors

Other

  • Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
  • Sports programs

School-related gender-based violence

  • Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced intimate partner violence
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced violence against children in the home