Gender-Equal Future: Amplifying Adolescent Girls' Leadership with Hamro Palo – Project 023
Project 023 / 2024 – 2028
The project addresses the marginalized status of adolescent girls in Nepal, focusing on already existing issues of which some were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on the successful 2019-2023 framework, it expands the "Her Turn" and "His Chance" programs, introducing new elements like refresher workshops, teacher training, and out-of-school initiatives. Recognizing the impact of gender-based violence post-disaster, the project aims to mitigate vulnerabilities and empower both girls and boys through comprehensive educational and support programs.
- Key objectives: The primary goal is to mobilize adolescents, enhancing their skills and knowledge. Concrete objectives include continuing and refining the "Her Turn" and "His Chance" programs, supporting schools with WASH and library programs, and initiating teacher training. The project also aims to create a platform for adolescent girls, teachers, mentors, and women's rights groups to collaborate, fostering community activism.
- The main activities include school-based programs aimed at creating an inclusive educational space by addressing gender norms through interactive workshops covering topics such as personal empowerment, resilience, communication skills, and reproductive health. The use of participatory methods, role-playing, and open discussions encourages critical thinking and understanding of gender issues. The project provides adolescent girls with tools to challenge gender stereotypes, boost their confidence, and promote gender equality. Additionally, the project supports schools by improving access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, establishing libraries with diverse educational resources, providing teacher training on gender-based violence awareness, harassment prevention, and fostering a respectful and inclusive school culture. Furthermore, the project organizes annual leadership conferences for teenage girls to develop their skills and share ideas.
Project details
€ 200 027
The project targets diverse beneficiaries, including 400 adolescents in the education and empowerment programs, 160 community schoolteachers in training, and 200 adolescent girls participating in the annual leadership conference, among others. The total reaches an estimated 2000 individuals.
Hamro Palo is a Nepalese non-profit organisation officially established in 2016. It works primarily with teenage girls but also supports boys and women. Its mission is to provide competences and skills to build a secure future, whilst boosting their confidence and their ability to exercise their rights.
Its flagship programme, Her Turn, raises awareness amongst adolescent girls on topics such as health, menstrual hygiene, safety, gender-based violence and early marriage. Hamro Palo also organises workshops for boys, young married women and teenage mothers, with the aim of involving the whole community in the fight against inequalities and harmful social norms.
The organisation currently operates in nine districts and works with 167 community schools. Its school-based programmes have nearly 12,700 former participants, whilst its activities have reached over 31,000 people within the communities. Hamro Palo has also trained nearly 800 young local champions, who are responsible for continuing awareness-raising and support activities at the grassroots level.
Through its workshops, mentoring programmes and girl-led committees, Hamro Palo encourages young people to become agents of change themselves.
- The project will be implemented in the districts of Sindhupalchok and Nuwakot in Bagmati province, as well as in Kathmandu, areas with particular educational and social needs.
- These locations have been chosen on the basis of the urgent need for intervention and prior engagement with local authorities and schools.
Gender equality
Human rights
Menstrual hygiene
Early marriage
Empowerment
SGD 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
SGD 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
SGD 10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries
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