Review of the Girls Advocacy Alliance’s GBV and Economic Empowerment programme Bangladesh
Client: Plan International Bangladesh
Region: Asia

Project description

The Girls Advocacy Alliance is a Strategic Partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs consisting of the following three alliance partners: Plan Netherlands, Terre des Hommes and DCI-ECPAT. The alliance aims to eradicate Gender Based Violence and enhance Economic Empowerment of girls and young women. The consultancy included the designing of and implementation of a Mid Term Review in partnership with The Gateway Consultancy. Desk review, Key Informant Interviews, Focus Group Discussions, Appreciative Inquiry based on Outcome stories were among the methodologies used.

Project Scope:

The Mid Term Review focussed on the Bangladesh country programme of the Girls Advocacy Alliance which is one of 14 sub-programmes. The programme has been running since 2016 and will continue till end 2020. At the time of the MTR the programme was half-way in its implementation. The total 5-years Bangladesh GAA programme budget amounts 3.411.719 Euro.

Result:

In general the MTR revealed that half-way the 5 years programme, agenda setting for all four key stakeholders (communities, government, CSOs and private sector), has been achieved. Furthermore, for the Government stakeholder most progress is achieved beyond agenda setting on levels of policy change and practice change. For CSOs and Communities, also policy changes have been witnessed. The remaining programme period will focus on continued lobby and advocacy in order to also bring about practice changes regarding eliminating Gender-Based Violence and achieve Economic Empowerment for women for other stakeholders besides Government.

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