Global LEAD
Gender and Inclusion
Gender and Inclusion
Resources and examples for youth programming focused on youth engagement and leadership in gender equity and social inclusion:
Policy & Strategy
Youth Statistics
Best Practices
- Changing Norms, Shifting Power: Lessons Learned from the YouthPower Learning Grants - Gender-Transformative Design and Positive Youth Development (YouthPower)
- Weathering the Storm: Resourcing Girls and Young Activists through a Pandemic (Global Resilience Fund)
- Adolescent Boys and Young Men: Engaging Them as Supporters of Gender Equality and Health and Understanding their Vulnerabilities (Promundo and UNFPA)
- Understanding the Male Life Course: Opportunities for Gender Transformation (USAID)
- Investigating Soft Skills Program Features with a Gender Lens: A Global Review of Education and Workforce Interventions for Youth (IYF and ICRW)
Program Design
- Toolkit for Integrating GBV Prevention and Response into Economic Growth Projects(USAID)
- Beyond Access: Toolkit for Integrating GBV Prevention and Response into Education Projects (USAID)
- Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Starter Kit (YouthLead)
- Safe Spaces for Girls Starter Kit (YouthLead)
- Adolescent Girls and Young Women Mentoring Program Toolkit (YouthPower Action)
- Gender Transformative Approach Toolkit for SRHR and GBV Programmes (Rutgers)
- Exploring the School to Work Transition for Adolescent Girls (University of Cambridge)
Curricula
- CHOICES - a curriculum for very young adolescents in Bolivia (Save the Children)
- Gender Roles, Equality and Transformation (GREAT) Scalable Toolkit (Institute for Reproductive Health)
Networks and Communities of Practice
Examples
Koota Injena (Kenya)
Global LEAD Models: Public or Community Dialogue; Peer Educators; Scholarships; Advocacy Training; Youth Clubs or Groups
- Koota Injena (Program Overview)
- Samburu Elders Publicly Declare to No Longer Practice FGM (Article)
- Purity’s Story: Breaking the Silence on Female Gential Mutilation and Child Marriage in Northern Kenya (Article)
- Koota Injena: Training Male Champions to Stand Up Against FGM (Article)
- Koota Injena: An Alternative Rite of Passage for Girls and Women (Photo Album)
Women’s Entrepreneurship and Resilience Project (Paraguay)
Global LEAD Models: Peer Mentoring
Young Women Transform Prize (Global)
Global LEAD Models: Leadership Training; Peer Mentoring; Small Grants for Youth-Led Organizations or Projects
- Young Women Transform Prize (Program Overview)
- Young Women Leading Change: Lessons from the Young Women Transform Prize Grants
- Transforming Vulnerable Girls to Entrepreneurial Women Through Leadership, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship Skills (Program Report)
- Young Women Transform (Podcast)
Youth Excel (Central America and Caribbean)
Global LEAD Models: Small Grants for Youth-Led Organizations or Projects; Youth-Led Research
- Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change (Program Overview)
- Youth Excel Central America and Caribbean Grant Competition Winners (Program Overview)
- Youth Excel Global Gender and Social Inclusion Analysis (Assessment)
