Supporting Contraceptive Continuation Among Adolescent Girls: A Case Study from the A360 Project
Continued contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women helps to prevent unintended pregnancies and also reduces unmet need among this age group. Within A360’s first investment phase (2016-2020), the project focused on the design and implementation of interventions aimed at supporting contraceptive uptake among adolescent girls aged 15-19. However, a key lesson from this […]
Gender Equality Learning from Practice Series: The Gender Equality Continuum
A360’s gender equality learning from practice series was launched as a way of sharing best practices and lessons learned from A360’s experience in integrating gender equality throughout its programming for adolescent girls. This learning series intends to improve gender equality outcomes by equipping practitioners with relevant tools, knowledge, and resources, anchored in what A360 has […]
ENHANCING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS & YOUNG WOMEN
Smart Start, developed under the Adolescents 360 (A360) initiative, is an innovative approach to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) in Ethiopia.
Moving beyond talk: A practical guide to integrating economic empowerment and sexual reproductive health into programs for adolescent girls
By Meghan Cutherell (A360), Dharini Bhuvanendra (Kore Global) and Katherine Nichol (Kore Global) The resonance of A360’s interventions have always been aided by our ability to offer more than just contraceptive service provision to girls. Including a life and/or vocational skills component in our SRH-focused programs allowed us to respond to what girls said they […]
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.
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.
Connecting Contraception to Girls’ Lives and Aspirations in Southern Nigeria: The Case of 9ja Girls in Southern Nigeria
A case study of the A360 experience in southern Nigeria offering considerations for similar ASRH implementation in future settings.