Agency for All
Improving Health & Well-Being by Increasing Power to Act
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Agency for All hosts dynamic consortium partners meeting in Nairobi, Kenya
Surrounded by flip charts and sticky notes, Agency for All partners and USAID staff met face-to-face in July in Nairobi, Kenya for an annual consortium meeting to take stock of project achievements, refresh awareness of the project’s mission and objectives, and anticipate the new project year. Working side-by-side in a live context helped to build strong working relationships between partners as we delivered lightning talks on our progress, shared what we've learned so far, and led breakout skills building workshops on key technical areas.
We also spent time developing the mission and vision of Agency for All’s emerging regional communities of practice. What makes a great community of practice? How do we cultivate a dynamic community of engaged Social and Behavior Change professionals? What is needed to contextualize research on agency and gender? Staff reflected on these questions and more to create a shared knowledge base, reflect on best practices, and develop an organizational structure.
Thanks to the entire Agency for All consortium, we're gearing up for the next stages of our work together.
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Agency for All Infertility Literature Review featured in IGWG Blog Series
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Agency for All Rolls Out Evidence on Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy in Nigeria
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New Agency for All Report on SBC Programs Addressing Adolescent Childbearing in Bangladesh
Agency for All conducted a review of the current state of the field of SBC programming with and for VYAs to address adolescent childbearing in Bangladesh, which included key informant interviews, an organizational mapping of organizations, community consultations, and a series of “Solutions Workshops” to arrive at programmatic recommendations. Agency for All analyzed the insights from the research activities and synthesized 10 recommendations.
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Agency for All Concludes Assessment of USAID-Supported SBC Programs in Ethiopia
In July, alongside USAID Ethiopia, Agency for All hosted a two-day final workshop in Addis Ababa focused on the assessment of USAID-supported SBC programs in Ethiopia from 2015-2021. With 40+ enthusiastic participants, our team reviewed assessment methodologies according to best practice, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and costing/cost-effectiveness. We presented recommendations and allowed participants to apply key concepts to their own work.
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| | Critical Conversation: Webinar Exploring Linkages between Agency and Social Norms to Promote Child Rights and Justice |
Date: 20 September 2023
Time: 17:00-18:30 IST (12:30 BST/ 14:30 EAT/ 7:30 EST)
| Don't miss Agency for All Project's Paul Bukuluki, Aparajita Gogoi, and Vikas Choudhry on this 1.5 hour webinar of networking and learning, hosted by the South Asia Social Norms Learning Collaborative. | | | | As Agency for All nears the end of our first project year, we’re eager to broaden our connections and share our learnings. That's why we’ve brought on three regional leaders who will coordinate multi-country, multi-partner initiatives by liaising with the Social Norms Learning Collaboratives. | |
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Hippolyte Rouamba
West Africa
| Rouamba Hippolyte has 25+ years of professional experience, including 10 as an SBC officer in non-governmental organizations such as FHI360, University Research CO (URC- CHS), Helen Keller International, and EngenderHealth. | | | |
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Edith Nantongo
East Africa
| Edith Nantongo has 20+ years of experience designing and managing integrated health and development programs for adolescents, youth, and vulnerable women. She's worked with Plan International, Child Fund, FHI360, JSI, Clinton Health Access Initiative, and UNICEF. | | | |
| | Harish Chand is a public health and nutrition professional with more than 25 years of experience in the development sector with extensive experience in community-based health, program management, design, and monitoring. | | | |
| | IGWG Male Engagement Task Force Webinar Reviews Trends in Caregiving | The USAID Interagency Gender Working Group’s Male Engagement Task Force, co-chaired by Agency for All's Peter Waiswa and Courtney McLarnon, hosted "Men’s Engagement in Parenting and Caregiving: Assuming New Roles and Responsibilities for Stronger Families and Communities" on September 12. The webinar shared recent global research and programming. | | | |
| | Webinar on Gender Transformative Interventions Among VYAs Shares Lessons Learned | Agency for All consortium partners GEH/UCSD and Save the Children, in collaboration with the Global Early Adolescent Study, shared learnings from the Growing Up GREAT! intervention. Insights from these gender transformative approaches will inform Agency for All's work on social norms and increasing agency among adolescents in Bangladesh and beyond. | | | |
| | 90+ Participants Joined Agency for All during “Breaking the Binary” Women Deliver Workshop | A skill building workshop at Women Deliver 2023 on July 20 drew an enthusiastic crowd to discuss strengthening sexual and gender minority inclusion in SRH research, programs, and services, focusing on low- and middle-income countries. Agency for All came away with great feedback on clinical and research guidelines on sexual and gender minority inclusion coming soon. | | | |
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