Establishing the relevance and value of contraceptives to adolescents: Lessons from aspirational ASRH program models
This poster presentation, given at the 2021 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) describes the core of A360’s program approach – to lead with supporting to girls to identify and validate their holistic goals for their lives and positioning contraception as a valuable tool in support of girls achieving those goals. Aspirational approaches can be […]
Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement Strategic Framework
This framework serves as A360’s Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE) strategy, co-developed by young people, for young people. It situates young people at the center of our work with ideas to help strengthen MAYE.
Design Insights: 2021 Prototype Report Card for Kenya
This prototype report card deck is a summary of key learnings that surfaced in our formative research phase for replication in Kenya in May 2021. The learnings described in the deck provided a first step for us in understanding what solutions were desirable for our key users, based on the archetypes identified during the initial […]
Ethnographic Research and Gender Assessment in Northern Nigeria
New independent research from Nigerian NGO, the Centre for Girls’ Education (CGE), explores how gender dynamics influence contraceptive decision-making among married girls in northern Nigeria’s conservative settings.
Design Tool: Sacrificial Concepts from Kenya Replication 2021
This resource presents the sacrificial concepts used by A360 during its replication design process in Kenya in early 2021. Sacrificial concepts are early, raw concepts that are made visual or physical and used as a tool to encourage reactions, responses, and discussion among users and design teams. They are designed to be quickly discarded if […]
Design Insights: 2021 Formative Research Synthesis Kenya
This insights deck is a summary of learnings which surfaced through the research and insight gathering phase of A360’s replication in Kenya, taking place in March 2021. The learnings in this deck guided the project towards opportunities for design and the development of prototypes which would eventually become A360’s intervention in Kenya, Binti Shupavu.
A360 Case Study Series
With powerful global evidence demonstrating the risks to maternal and child health posed by too early and too frequent childbearing, and adolescent girls throughout Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria left at risk of unintended pregnancy, A360 saw an opportunity to reframe the contraceptive conversation – based on an understanding of girls’ dreams and life goals. This […]
Aligning Contraception with Family and Life Goals of Married Adolescent Girls in Northern Nigeria: The Case of Matasa Matan Arewa in Northern Nigeria
How can adolescent contraceptive programs balance delivering life skills and contraceptive services in a setting where contraception is stigmatized, and husbands hold most of the decision-making power? This technical brief explores.