GLOBAL STRATEGY TO EMPOWER ADOLESCENT GIRLS

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Every country and every culture has traditions that are unique and help make that country what it is. But just because something is a part of your past doesn’t make it right… There’s no excuse for sexual assault or domestic violence. There’s no reason that young girls should suffer genital mutilation. There’s no place in civilized society for the early or forced marriage of children. These traditions may date back centuries; they have no place in the 21st century. These are issues of right and wrong—in any culture. But they’re also issues of success and failure. Any nation that fails to educate its girls or employ its women and allow them to maximize their potential is doomed to fall behind in a global economy. –President Barack Obama, Remarks at Safaricom Indoor Arena, Nairobi, Kenya, July 26, 2015 PHO<strong>TO</strong>: PEACE CORPS I don’t think it’s an accident that we’ve reached gender parity in primary but not secondary education. Because when girls are young, they’re often seen simply as children. But when they hit adolescence and start to develop into women, and are suddenly subject to all of their societies’ biases around gender, that is precisely when they start to fall behind in their education… If we truly want to get girls into our classrooms, then we need to have an honest conversation about how we view and treat women in our societies—and this conversation needs to happen in every country on this planet, including my own. –First Lady Michelle Obama, Remarks at World Innovation Summit for Education, Doha, Qatar, November 4, 2015
CONTENTS Executive Summary................................................................................................................. 1 Congressional Efforts........................................................................................................................................2 The Case for a Focus on Adolescent Girls.................................................................................3 The State of Adolescent Girls............................................................................................................................3 Why Invest in Adolescent Girls?.........................................................................................................................8 United States Approach to Empowering Adolescent Girls Globally...........................................9 Building on an Existing Policy Framework.........................................................................................................9 Guiding Principles........................................................................................................................................... 10 Objectives...................................................................................................................................................... 11 Metrics to Measure the Implementation of the Strategy................................................................................. 17 Implementing the Strategy............................................................................................................................. 17 U.S. Department of State Implementation Plan..................................................................... 19 U.S. Agency for International Development Implementation Plan.......................................... 37 U.S. Peace Corps Implementation Plan..................................................................................49 Millennium Challenge Corporation Implementation Plan........................................................ 57 Endnotes............................................................................................................................... 71
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U.S. PEACE CORPS IMPLEMENTATION PLA
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oader programming activities. This
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These Volunteers and staff serve as
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Training: Peace Corps trains all ne
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (M
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OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES
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and externally to ensure inter-disc
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indicator in 2011, the Government o
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Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improv
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challenges and opportunities women
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Objective 4. IMPROVE ECONOMIC ANALY
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ENDNOTES 1 This document follows UN
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