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Charting a Pathway to Scale Through Government: Adapting a Girls’ Empowerment Program to a Public School Setting
BRAC’s Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA) program supports vulnerable young women through group training focused on education and social/economic empowerment. But despite its longevity and impact, the program has lacked a path to self-sufficiency and scale. Esau Tugume and Jenna Grzeslo at BRAC discuss a solution to this challenge: adapting ELA to an after-school setting in Uganda, allowing it to be scaled through public schools. They explore this model, and share how they've navigated the issues that can arise when leveraging government involvement in pursuit of scale.
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- Education
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- education, gender equality, gender gap, government, scale, social impact, Women, youth
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Women Left Behind: Gender Gap Emerges in Africa Vaccines
As health officials in Gambia and across Africa urge women to be vaccinated, they’ve confronted unwillingness among those of childbearing age.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Digital Generation, Our Generation: Girls Need Access to Digital Devices and Services
On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, millions of girls are coming together with organisations like UNICEF to call to close this digital gap and accelerate opportunities for girls.
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- Technology
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Financial Services That Work for Young People: How Social Norms Impact Financial Resilience Among the Youth in Africa
Financial service providers are capable of reaching young people in Africa, but not without a deep understanding of how social norms and expectations are impacting their financial access and usage, say Lise Paaskesen at Lise Consultancy and Weselina Angelow at the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute. They explore research that suggests how providers can improve young people's opportunities and resilience by offering services that foster autonomy, decision-making and bargaining power — which in turn can contribute to changing social norms in those areas.
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- Finance
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Research that Embraces the Messiness of Real Life: How an Innovative, Tech-Enabled Survey Method is Revealing the True Feelings of the Bottom Billion
Of any population in the world, the poor are the least likely to feel free to speak their minds, which makes it difficult to use surveys to understand and meet their unique needs. Daryl Collins, and Carolina de Miranda and Laura Morínigo of Fundación Capital, explore how tech-enabled research methods can provide a solution to this dilemma. They share how a unique, WhatsApp-based survey approach has helped Fundación Capital understand the nuanced meaning behind the responses of women who participated in a gender norms-focused messaging campaign in Paraguay.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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Bridging the Gap: SAP and UNDP Foster Digital Skills and Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Karnataka
In an initiative to empower women and youth, SAP Labs India and the United Nations Development Programme India have collaborated with the Government of Karnataka to facilitate increased access to career guidance, employment, and entrepreneurship
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- Education, Entrepreneurship, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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World Bicycle Relief Raises USD $1 Million for Women and Girls
World Bicycle Relief, the global nonprofit that mobilizes people through the Power of Bicycles®, announced the successful conclusion of its mid-year fundraising campaign, “Women on Wheels.”
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Global
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Gates Foundation Commits $2.1 Billion over the Next Five Years to Gender Equality
With this $2.1 billion commitment, the Gates Foundation plans to focus on three core areas that are key to advancing gender equality: economic empowerment; family planning and health; and accelerating women’s leadership.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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