A360 Refreshed Gender Strategy (2024-2025)

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Back in 2021, A360 decided to develop a gender strategy, to provide a framework for its commitment to and actions on gender equality. With support from Kore Global – a gender equality and social inclusion advisory firm – the gender strategy development process provided an opportunity for the A360 team to come together and define priority areas and strategies to support adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) and girls’ agency in decision making.

Fast forward to 2024, three years into strategy implementation, a lot had changed and it felt like the right moment to pause and reflect on both achievements and sticking points, as well as to consider which activities should be prioritized going forward. To this end, A360 enlisted Kore Global to facilitate a participatory strategy refresh process with the Gender Champions Network.

The overall vision of the gender strategy is that adolescent girls are able to define and act on their goals. The revised gender strategy reflects the changing context and new priorities of A360, including a stronger focus on integrating A360 into government policy and processes across the three countries. It outlines key priorities at each level of the socioecological framework as well as the specific country level activities for Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria.