October 11, 2016 (Edition #16) INSIDE THIS EDITION : Inclusive Design for Adolescent Girls’ Programming Gender/Inclusion EDGE Certification Boys and Girls in Armed Conflict: Unpacking Different Experiences, Advancing Equal Agency Advancing LGBTI Rights as Human Rights **** HOT OFF THE PRESS! First Lady Michelle Obama Announces New TAAP Initiative with Women’s Refugee Commission! See here: Fact Sheet: New Commitments to Let Girls Learn Announced by Fist Lady Michelle Obama on International Day of the Girl . In the next TAAP Tuesday edition we will provide further details. **** Inclusive Design for Adolescent Girls’
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October 11, 2016 (Edition #16)
INSIDE THIS EDITION:
Inclusive Design for Adolescent Girls’ Programming
Gender/Inclusion EDGE Certification
Boys and Girls in Armed Conflict: Unpacking Different Experiences, Advancing Equal
Agency
Advancing LGBTI Rights as Human Rights
**** HOT OFF THE PRESS! First Lady Michelle Obama Announces NewTAAP Initiative with Women’s Refugee Commission! See here: Fact Sheet:New Commitments to Let Girls Learn Announced by Fist Lady MichelleObama on International Day of the Girl. In the next TAAP Tuesday edition wewill provide further details. ****
Inclusive Design for Adolescent Girls’ProgrammingIn keeping with today’s celebration of the International Day of the Girl, wewanted to share one of our favorite new resources for innovative approaches toinclusion, “Building Girls’ Protective Assets: A Collection of Tools for ProgramDesign.” The resource was launched by The Population Council at a “RetoolingAdolescent Girl Programming” event. The event featured presentations fromthe Population Council and Safe Hands for Girls, an Atlantabased organizationthat works to prevent female genital mutilation in the US and abroad throughgirls’ empowerment programs. The toolkit features “The Protective AssetBuilding Approach” which has five pillars: 1 Start with the girls to see the girls;2 Segment to find the right girls; 3 Concentrate on the “walkable community”;4 Establish communitybased platforms: and 5 Build social and otherprotective assets (Population Council 2016). Together, the five pillars work toovercome adolescent girls’ exclusion and put adolescent girls on the path totransition safely to adulthood.While the toolkit includes a variety of tools for inclusive design andprogramming, the presentations at the event highlighted two tools: The GirlRoster and ASERT. The Girl Roster is an appbased tool that is “a householdquestionnaire that provides a snapshot of how many girls are in the catchmentareas; and a rapid analysis tool that categorizes girls by age, schooling, andmarital, childbearing, and livingarrangement status” (Population Council2016) The Safe Hands presentation was a case study of The Girl Roster tool.Safe Hands described how they tailored the tool for the refugee communitycontext they work in Atlanta and how it helped them to focus theirprogramming, especially through realizing there were girls younger than theiroriginal target population that they should include in their programming. TheASERT (Ascertaining Sexual Relationship Types) tool “facilitates a method ofunderstanding how girls describe and rank the different features of the peoplein their community with whom they have sex and the reasons for having sexwith each type of person” (Population Council 2016). Through using this tool,program staff can understand adolescent girls’ sexual relationships, thereasons for those relationships, and create family planning, empowerment orother programming that is better suited to the girls’ particular context.We think you’ll agree that this suite of practical, thoughtful, and inclusive toolsfor targeted programming is something to strive for in the forthcoming TAAPToolkit!Citation: Population Council. 2016. Building Girls’ Protective Assets: ACollection of Tools for Program Design. New York: Population Council.
Gender/Inclusion EDGECertification: Kudos to theWilson CenterHave you heard of LEED Certification forresource efficient buildings? What about BCorporations for socially conscious businesses?What about EDGE Certification for genderequality?The Woodrow Wilson International Center forScholars in Washington, DC is the first think tankto be awarded the Economic Dividends forGender Equality (EDGE) Certificate. Launched atthe World Economic Forum in 2011, EDGE is an“assessment methodology and global businesscertification standard…built around four pillarsthat define success in gender equality” (EDGE2016). The four pillars are strong gender balanceat all levels of the organization; proactivemanagement of pay equity in the organization; asolid framework of effective gender equalitypolicies and practices; and an inclusive culture,as reflected in employees’ high ratings in terms ofgender equality (EDGE 2016). As Gwen Young,Director of the Wilson Center’s Global Women’sLeadership Initiative and the Women in PublicService Project (WPSP), stated, “The EDGECertification falls within the WPSP goal of genderparity in public institutions and our vision ofinstitutions that reflect the diversity of society.”(Wilson Center 2016). It is great to see anexample of an organization such as the WilsonCenter working to include gender not only in itsprogramming, but also as central toorganizational success.What do you think about the EDGE Certification?Could it be a model for a future InclusionCertificate? Share your thoughts at
[email protected]. (Citations: The WilsonCenter. “Wilson Center Becomes First Think Tankto Receive Global Gender Equality Certification,”28 Sept 2016; EDGE. “The Global BusinessCertification for Gender Equality.” 2016.) Graphic: Award Clip Art, Public Domain, 2016
Boys and Girls in Armed Conflict: UnpackingDifferent Experiences, Advancing EqualAgency in Peacebuilding EffortsAs part of its’ 60 Days of Engagement around Youth, Gender and Peace(#YouthPeaceEquality), the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a discussion on howboys and girls experience armed conflict differently, and the necessity ofsupporting the voices and agency of boys and girls in resolving conflict andpeace building around the world.USIP’s Kathleen Kuehnast and Carla Koppell explored the comprehensive legalframework that has emerged around the protection and rights of children,including a series of UN Security Council Resolutions that focus on childrendeserving protection, safety, education and the right to be a child. Koppell notedthe importance of recognizing the existing frameworks despite the realities ofmillions of children displaced and impacted by political and social upheaval.She noted existing development gaps (health, education, etc.) that exist