Gender Transformative Approach to combat child marriage presented at the Bangladesh gender working group meeting

2. Background
Tipping Point initiative focuses on addressing the
root causes of Child, Early and Forced Marriage
(CEFM), by promoting the rights of adolescent girls
through community level programming and
evidence generation in Nepal and Bangladesh,
and multi-level advocacy and cross-learning efforts
across the globe.
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Program Implementation: RCT
Arm 1
Full Intervention
Emphasizing social
norms change
component
Arm 2
Light Intervention
Does not include
social norms change
component, but
follows selected
sessions
Arm 3
Control
No intervention

4. WE WORK WITH:
- Adolescent girls and boys
- Parents
- Religious leaders and
Influential people
- Networks of social
activists, experts, and
government agencies
(national level)
COUNTRIES:
- Nepal
- Bangladesh
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Social Norms, family and community perceptions

5. Gender Norms that TP is trying to address
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OUTCOME OF THE INTERVENTION : Weakening of gendered
social norms that limit adolescent girls’ lives so that girls can:
- walk around her village alone (Girls’ mobility)
- ride bicycles or play sports (Girls’ Mobility)
- talk with an adolescent boy (communication and interaction)
- take collective action for girls' rights (Self-agency)
- give input into decisions about her marriage (Decision Making)

6. Advocacy Initiatives
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PhotoVoice, sharing of evaluation findings Shammo, an adolescent girl delivering her speech at SDG Youth
Conference
Protest against Special clause of Child Marriage Resistant Act Adolescent with State minister in CPA finding meeting

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Inspiring Changes
Boat Racing by adolescent girls
Adolescent girls going to school riding bi-cycle
Amrao Korchi: A cooking competition campaign for maleGirls participating in different non-traditional outdoor game

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Thanks…….

9. THANK YOU