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Welcome – Bienvenido – Bienvenue – أهلا بك!

We are excited to launch the first edition of The Adolescent Girls Investment Plan’s (AGIP’s) external newsletter!

Our newsletter will be sent out on a quarterly basis. It will update you on different topics and activities within the AGIP space and share opportunities from across our membership. We will also keep you informed on our external engagements and use this channel to share invitations to the events we curate and host.

Thank you for your continued interest in AGIP – we look forward to fostering a community of like-minded advocates and activists, and welcome curious minds and thinkers from across our sector and beyond!

Please note that for now, our newsletter is available in English only. We’re working hard behind the scenes to include more languages in the future!

In solidarity,

The Adolescent Girls Investment Plan (AGIP)

On 16 March 2022, AGIP, Ireland, and Purposeful co-hosted the CSW66 side-event Generation Equality Accountability for Adolescent Girls; part of the official program of 24hr Around-The-Clock Generation Equality at CSW66. This event aimed to meet the recommendations from adolescent girls on accountability to girl-centric commitments made during the Generation Equality Forums (GEF). We explored accountability mechanisms for commitments and investments that centre girls and youth leaders, whilst highlighting possible solutions and recommendations to address barriers – especially with regards to implementation and resourcing. The event was co-designed and co-facilitated by adolescent girls and young leaders with support from the co-hosts, and welcomed speakers from different stakeholder groups, including UN Women, Action Coalition Leaders, government officials, and other young leaders.

Read the Summary Report

Engaging with Adolescent Girls and Young Leaders

In line with our values of centring the experiences of adolescent girls and supporting and fore fronting their leadership, we kickstarted the year with an Open Space Dialogue for Young Leaders in February 2022. This dialogue was created and led by a group of adolescent girl and young leaders with support from AGIP. This event enabled adolescent and young leaders to network and bond with fellow young leaders in the sector from diverse backgrounds, created a fun and safe space for them to openly discuss their experiences as young leaders in the social development sector, and share key recommendations and ideas on contextualizing implementation of key global commitments to their immediate realities.

Reflections and recommendations emerging from this event are core to AGIP’s Girl and Youth Engagement Strategy.

Read the Summary Report

Report: ‘I Have Nothing to Feed My Family…’: Covid-19 Risk Pathways for Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Aug 2020, GAGE)

Report: Some got married, others don’t want to attend school as they are involved in income-generation’: adolescent experiences following covid-19 lockdowns in low- and middle-income countries (Apr 2021, GAGE)

Policy brief: Adolescent well-being in a time of crisis: assessing SDG progress during covid-19 and priorities for a resilient recovery for adolescents and youth (Jun 2021, GAGE)

Report: Adolescent Girls & COVID-19: Mapping the evidence on interventions. View the Evidence Gap Map here. (Jul 2021, Population Council)

Report: Adolescents, youth and the SDGs: what can we learn from the current data? (Sep 2021, GAGE)