Adolescent girls are an untapped resource in almost every country in the world. They represent hope, opportunity, and change. Yet, when conflict and disaster strike, their promise and potential are often the first to be sacrificed and the last to be restored, making them one of the most marginalized populations within an already vulnerable group of refugees and internally displaced people.

For the past five years, the International Rescue Committee has invested heavily in adolescent girls in humanitarian settings—carrying out research on the nature of violence against adolescent girls, as well as developing and testing programs to understand what works to promote their safety, health, and empowerment, and protect them from violence. The Girl Shine Program Model & Resource Package represents the culmination of our learning. It aims to build upon girls’ potential and empower them to be the designers of their own lives and ambitions.

This resource is intended to provide humanitarian actors with the necessary guidance and tools to design and deliver adolescent-girl centered programming in diverse humanitarian settings.

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