Project Summary:
Girls Empowerment and Mainstreaming Sustainably (GEMS) project aims to enhance the enabling policy environment for a gender-responsive and inclusive education and health system, improve self-efficacy and life skills of marginalized adolescent girls and enhance agency, networks, and collaboration for enabling girls to claim their rights.
Funding Partner: British Council and VSO
Project Duration: September 2022 to March 2023
Project Area:
- Bara: Kalaiya sub-metropolitan city, Jeetpur Simara
- Rautahat: Gaur M, Gadhimai M
- Surkhet: Lekhbesi M/Bheriganga and Gurbakot M
Project Objective (Impact):
Inclusive society and equitable development in Nepal by strengthening girls’ education, Health and empowerment of women and girls.
Project Expected Outcomes:
- Outcome 1: Enhanced enabling policy environment and accountability for gender responsive, inclusive education and Health system.
- Outcome 2: Improved self-efficacy and life skills of marginalized adolescent girls
- Outcome 3: Enhanced agency, networks and collaboration for enabling adolescent girls to claim their rights.
Outputs and activities:
- Outcome 1: Enhanced enabling policy environment and accountability for gender responsive, inclusive education and Health system.
- Increased capacity and commitment of service providers to implement gender responsive and pro poor policies in education and health sectors.
- Identify and disseminate policy recommendations to advocate for gender responsive policy reforms in education and health sectors
- CSOs representing marginalized women, girls and persons with disabilities engage in constructive dialogues at all levels.
- Organise consultations with municipalities to strengthen sustainability of CLCs
2. Outcome 2: Improved self-efficacy and life skills of marginalized adolescent girls
- Community and schools have increased awareness of EDGE and CLCS
- Develop cohort of trained Peer group leaders (PGLs) and master trainers
- Adolescent girls attend sessions to enhance English, Digital and Social Skills and increase awareness of sexual reproductive health (SRH)
3. Outcome 3: Enhanced agency, networks and collaboration for enabling adolescent girls to claim their rights.
- Enhanced capacity and networking of volunteers for development
- Strengthened Girls and Inclusive Education Network (GIEN) in collaboration with local government
- Organise community-based initiatives for transformation of harmful social norms and protect girls’ rights

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