Baseline assessment of Girls for Girls (G4G) and HeForShe Programmes in Northern Nigeria.

This programme is part of UNICEF’s “Reaching and Empowering Adolescent Girls in Northwest Nigeria” (REACH) program, which aims to close the gender gap in education by keeping girls in primary school and supporting their transition to secondary school. It also seeks to support the organization of adolescent girls’ groups, both in and out of school, to work on life skills and empowerment, addressing gender norms for girls (Girls for Girls), as well as involving young boys (He for She groups) to address harmful masculinities. The programme also focuses on providing education opportunities for married and pregnant adolescent girls who cannot return to school, ensuring literacy and livelihood opportunities, and integrating with gender-responsive health services to reduce maternal mortality.

R-DATS’ roles and responsibilities

  • Review the existing training manuals of G4G and HeforShe to integrate priority issues.
  • Map learning spaces for married adolescent girls within the communities.
  • Design and program baseline assessment tool using the Kobo Collect App.
  • Design and program baseline assessment tool using the Kobo Collect App.
  • Recruit field officers and conduct enumerators’ training.
  • Coordinate the baseline data collection to establish the status of the G4G/HeforShe groups in the programme schools (upper primary and junior secondary schools).
  • Validate, clean and analysis survey data.
  • Submit draft research report for review by UNICEF M&E and Education Specialists.
  • Submit final study report.

OVERVIEW

Partner:
UNICEF

Sector:
Education

Themes:
Girls’ education, basic education and gender

Country:
Nigeria

Study type/method:
Quantitative Research, School Survey

Implementation period:
2023

Sample Size:
200 primary and secondary schools in Katsina and Sokoto States

Implementation status:
Ongoing

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