Annual Plan 2019 - Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA)

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List of Abbreviations Introduction

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Advocating for Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rights Goals and objectives Theory of Change

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Strategic Planning of the Girls Advocacy Alliance

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Context of the GAA programme Changes in the external and internal context The enabling environment for Civil Society Effects on programme implementation and outcomes

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Main findings of the Mid Term Review Lobby & Advocacy Capacity Development of NGO partners Learning Collaboration, alliance building and harmonization Theory of Change

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Strategic choices for 2019 Lobby and Advocacy Capacity Development Learning Collaboration, alliance building and harmonization

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Strategic planning per programme component 5.1.

International 5.2.

Netherlands 5.3.

Africa regional 5.4.

Ethiopia 5.5.

Ghana 5.6.

Kenya 5.7.

Liberia 5.8.

Sierra Leone 5.9.

Uganda 5.10.

Asia regional 5.11. Bangladesh 5.12. India 5.13. Nepal 5.14. Philippines

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Financial planning of the Girls Advocacy Alliance

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Financial Planning Revised budget of the Girls Advocacy Alliance Estimated revenues and expenditures 2019

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Annexe I. Theory of Change Annexe II. Key Learning Questions

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List of Abbreviations

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ACCA African Coalition for the Corporate Accountability ACERWC African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ADB Asian Development Bank APC Alliance Programme Committee APT Alliance Programme Team ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AU African Union BoD Board of Directors CBO Community based Organisation CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CM Child Marriage CRC Committee on the Right of the Child CSEC Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children CSO Civil Society Organisation CSR Corporate Social Responsibilities CSW Commission on the Status of Women DCI Defence for Children International DCI-ECPAT Defence for Children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ECPAT Netherlands EAC East African Community EC European Commission ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECPAT End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and

Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes EE Economic Exclusion EU European Union FGM/C Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting GAA Girls Advocacy Alliance GBV Gender-Based Violence GMACL Global March against Child Labour HLPEE High Level Panel on Economic Empowerment HLPF High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development HRC Human Rights Council IATI International Aid Transparency Initiative ICT Information Communication Technology ILO International Labour Organisation IMF International Monetary Fund INGO International Non-Governmental Organisation L&A Lobby & Advocacy LGBTQ Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders

and those Questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation MFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs MoGCSP Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection MoH Ministry of Health MoJ Ministry of Justice NACG National Action and Coordination Groups to End Violence against Children NGO Non-Governmental Organisation OH Outcome Harvesting OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights PM Permanent Mission PME&L Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning REC Regional Economic Communities RNE Royal Netherlands Embassy SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SACG South Asia Coordinating Group on Violence against Children SAIEVAC South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children

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SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SIGI Social Institutions and Gender Index S4YE Solutions for Youth Employment TdH Terre des Hommes TVET Technical Vocational Education and Training UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNGC United Nations Global Compact UNHQ United Nations Head Quarters UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund UNSP United Nations Special Procedures UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women UPR

Universal Periodic Review USAID the United States Agency for International Development WB World Bank WHO World Health Organization WRO Women’s Rights Organisation

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Introduction The Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA) is a 5-year joint effort (2016-2020) of Plan International Netherlands, Terre des Hommes Netherlands and Defence for Children - ECPAT Netherlands.

The GAA is led by Plan International Netherlands and is implemented in strategic partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Dialogue and Dissent framework.

Goal of the programme is that, by 2020, governments and private sector actors make sure that girls and young women in Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and the Philippines no longer face Gender-Based Violence and Economic Exclusion.

To this end, the GAA aims to influence key stakeholders in governments, the private sector and civil society organizations (CSOs) as well as community leaders to initiate lasting changes in their society that will benefit girls and young women.

Most notably, we enable CSOs in their lobby and advocacy work, so that they can influence their governments for strengthened accountability, more inclusive growth and development, and a reduction of the inequality faced by girls and young women in their countries. We also support CSOs to make private sector players more accountable for their contribution to the economic empowerment of girls and young women. Whenever possible we involve the Dutch Government as a strategic partner in these efforts.

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At the same time, the programme mobilises key traditional and religious leaders to address harmful social norms and values. These norms and values often keep citizens from demanding justice and from playing a positive role in the protection of girls and young women from harmful practices and from motivating them to explore their full potential. And lastly, the programme also addresses the government and private sector in the Netherlands and uses regional and international accountability mechanisms in support of the efforts in the ten programme countries.

With the third year of implementation well underway and the outcomes of a Mid Term Review available, this Annual Plan describes the strategic choices for 2019, based on observed changes in the programmeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s external context, and on reflections on the effectiveness of the programme thus far. A financial planning for 2019 is included in part II of this document.

Mid Term Review A Mid Term Review (MTR) of the alliance programme was conducted between July and October 2018, covering the period January 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 2018. The alliance opted for an internal review process, led by an external lead consultant. Based on a standard Terms of Reference and with the support of the lead consultant and the alliance desk, the 14 Alliance Programme Teams (APTs) responsible for the implementation of the programme in each specific context each undertook their own review process. Most APTs hired a local external consultant to support or facilitate (additional) data collection, analysis, reflection and/or reporting. Other teams opted for a mixed internal/external review team. As much as possible, use was made of signs of changes and other information already collected by the APTs during the period under review. Additional data was collected where necessary for validation and/or triangulation of outcomes. The 14 APT MTR reports formed the basis for the overall synthesis MTR report of the GAA.

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Planning process For this Annual Plan 2019, the 14 Alliance Programme Teams each held a two to four-day planning and dissemination meeting, based on a common agenda and methodology prepared by the alliance desk. Outcomes and recommendations of the MTR of the programme component at stake, including signs of changes collected during the first six months of 2018, were jointly reviewed and analysed by each Alliance Programme Team, and strategic choices and plans developed.

At the overall alliance level, (preliminary) findings of the MTR were discussed and reviewed during a sense-making workshop and a dissemination meeting in the Netherlands. Strategic choices were consolidated by the Alliance Programme Committee and fed back to the Alliance Programme Teams as input for the fine-tuning of their annual (action) plans. Regional dissemination meetings with all APTs in Asia and Africa are foreseen in January/February 2019 to further discuss the outcomes of the synthesis MTR report and the translation of strategic responses into concrete adjustments at the level of Programme Components.

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1. Advocating for Girls’ Rights 1.1. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA) envisions a world wherein all girls and young women enjoy equal rights and opportunities, and benefit equally from development outcomes. The long-term (2030) goal of its programme ‘Advocating for Girls’ Rights’ is to ensure that girls and young women are free from all forms of gender-based violence and are economically empowered.

To achieve this, the GAA applies a broad spectrum of Lobby & Advocacy interventions to increase public support, to seek implementation of effective legislation and public policies, to improve practices of government actors to prevent and eliminate gender-based violence and economic exclusion, and to improve policies and practices of private sector actors. At the same time, the GAA focuses on strengthening capacities of CSOs and networks (in particular organisations of girls and young women) to influence government and private sector actors to address genderbased violence and economic exclusion.

The programme is implemented in ten countries1 in Africa and Asia. Four programme components address gender-based violence and economic exclusion at regional/international policy levels and at the level of Dutch public and corporate policies.

1.2. THEORY OF CHANGE

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The Theory of Change (ToC) of the GAA describes how the alliance expects change to happen (annexe I). The ToC first identifies the long-term goals of the alliance programme. Then, it identifies the conditions and stakeholders that must change in order to achieve these goals. It indicates the causal relationships between these conditions (pathways of change), and it makes explicit the assumptions that explain why the alliance expects changes to happen in this order and interrelationship.

Long-term goals, involved stakeholders and levels of change The GAA ToC aims at the elimination of gender-based violence and economic exclusion of girls and young women. The programme will pay particular attention to gender-based violence, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), sexual violence and abuse, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, child trafficking, child marriage, economic exclusion, access to post-primary education and vocational training, decent work and female entrepreneurship.

The Girls Advocacy Alliance’s Theory of Change is structured around four strategic goals, in support of the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence and economic exclusion of girls and young women: 1. Effective implementation of legislation and public policies and improved practices of government actors; 2. Improved policies and practices of private sector actors; 3. Increased public support; 4. Increased influence of CSOs/networks (girls’ and young women’s organisations) on government and private sector.

The pathways of change each address one of these goals, yet they are intertwined and mutually supportive. Each of the strategic goals is associated with a key stakeholder in gender-based violence and economic exclusion: governments and intergovernmental bodies; private sector actors; traditional, religious and community leaders; and CSOs and CSO networks.

1 Country programmes in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and

Uganda; regional programme components in Asia and Africa.

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The GAA expects that three different stages can be distinguished in these change processes.

The first stage entails the generation of public and political attention to certain: ‘agenda setting’. Adoption or revision of laws and policies is the following stage: ‘policy change’. The third stage is about the effective implementation and follow up of existing laws and policies by key stakeholders mentioned above: ‘practice change’. Only policies and laws that are effectively implemented and enforced will generate positive and concrete effects in the lives of our final beneficiaries: girls and young women.

Adapted Theories of Change In 2016, the Alliance Programme Teams (APTs) each developed a ToC for their programme components. These 14 adapted ToCs describe the specific goals, pathways of change and key actors as well as the underlying assumptions about change in a particular context. The envisaged pathways of change of the ToCs are regularly compared with actual (signs of) changes as observed by the APTs. Where relevant, ToCs are adapted or updated. This half-yearly process forms part of the Planning Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (PME&L) cycle of the GAA.

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2. Context of the GAA programme 2.1. CHANGES IN THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CONTEXT No major changes were noted in the first 9 months of 2018. In many countries, the continued process of economic recovery brought economic growth, job opportunities and a more conducive environment for dialogue with the private sector. Unfortunately, gender biased policies and discriminatory social norms still limit the positive effects of these developments for large groups of girls and young women. In several GAA countries, economic growth has even increased girls and young women’s vulnerability to various forms of abuse and exploitation.

In many countries, important progress is made in the fight against child marriage, FGM and other harmful traditional practices2. At the same time, conservative forces continue to threaten progress towards equal rights for girls and young women, both at the level of intergovernmental fora and national politics, as well as in localised ‘pockets of resistance’. The debate on gender inequalities and power relations that was sparked by the #MeToo movement is still very much alive, notably in Europa. With the exception of perhaps India, #MeToo has not markedly influenced the public debate in GAA countries.

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The mixed picture is also reflected at political levels. Populist, authoritarian leaders like Trump, Erdogan, Duterte, Bolsonaro and Modi retained or expanded their influence in contexts of increasingly polarised societies, supporting nationalist, gender insensitive and exclusive policies. On the other hand, elections in Liberia and Sierra Leone have brought to power new leaders from opposition parties. The vote of young people has been especially important in the election of George Weah in Liberia. In many African countries, youth constitute a large share of the population. Many of them are frustrated about the inertia and incompetence of political elites. Ugandan and Kenyan youth increasingly organise themselves as a political actor, but their access and participation in the political system is still being blocked by incumbent political leaders who hold on to power.

2.2. THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY The latest report by CIVICUS3 shows that nearly six in ten countries are seriously restricting people’s fundamental freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression. CSOs and activists across the world see their spaces for civic activism undermined through censorship, attacks on journalists and harassment of human rights defenders. Just 4% of the world’s population is living under governments that properly respect the freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression.

In many countries, including GAA countries Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, CSOs continue to face more restrictive legislation and regulations. Local civil society organisations as well as larger NGOs with international ties need to comply with increasingly complicated requirements for registration, funding and reporting, that curtail their spaces to influence public policy, especially on controversial issues, or to promote youth political engagement.

Only 7 countries have improved their ratings in the latest CIVICUS update. Two of these are GAA countries: Liberia and Ethiopia. The latter is a remarkable case. After years of popular unrest and severe repression of all forms of dissent, 2018 has witnessed a remarkable about-turn. New prime minister Abiy Ahmed has released political prisoners, eased restrictions on electronic communication and made important progress towards reforming some the country’s most repressive laws.

2 See e.g. Secular trends in the prevalence of FGM/C among girls: a systematic analysis by Kandala, Ezejimofor, Uthman OA,

et al (BMJ Global Health 2018).

3 People Power Under Attack, November 2018 | A report based on data from the CIVICUS Monitor.

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2.3. EFFECTS ON PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES Policy environments remained predominantly positive for advocacy on GAA themes, but in various countries as well as at regional and international levels, GAA organisations note that political and socio-economic tides are not in favour of issues related to gender and inclusiveness. Budget allocation at national levels does not favour Ministries of Gender, Social Affairs, Education and other sectors that are key to the programme. In an already negative context for multilateralism, there is persistent resistance against the inclusion of (reference to) gender, sexual and reproductive rights and LTBGI rights in international resolutions and statements. In the Philippines, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, but also at the regional level in Asia, GAA organisations have felt, for shorter or longer periods of time and to varying degrees, forced to take an expressly apolitical stance, to keep a low profile and/or to dissociate from overt advocacy.

Despite remarkable abilities to adapt strategies, GAA organisations in some cases had to shift their ambitions from aiming for progress to retaining previous results.

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3. Main findings of the Mid Term Review 3.1. LOBBY & ADVOCACY Community Pathway The MTE concludes that most progress has been realized at the level of communities and notably community leaders. As result of awareness raising activities, training of community leaders and community groups and intensive dialogue processes, progress is reported towards positive behavioural change within communities. Traditional and religious leaders are showing commitment and they actively condemn harmful practices. Community groups, including groups of girls and young women, actively engage with key leaders, and more linkages have been created between community groups and local government.

To further strengthen and expand these results, the MTR recommends to: °° Further strengthen the knowledge of strategic key leaders, community groups and girls and young women groups °° Use (existing) research and facilitate sharing of experiences on underlying factors of Harmful Traditional Practices °° Enhance inclusion of men and boys in all countries °° Share experiences on working with media and explore opportunities for other forms of collaboration, e.g. link with journalist unions and networks to promote child friendly reporting and media attention for GAA issues, use of social media

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Government Pathway Good progress is also noted on influencing governments. Especially at local and district levels, GAA organisations are well able to engage with governments and draw attention to GenderBased Violence and Economic Exclusion. They also use their relationships and expertise to contributing to better functioning of local structures. At national level, in a number of countries GAA organisations also work closely with (line) Ministries. Through dialogue, contribution of thematic expertise, facilitation and other ‘insider strategies’ they are involved in the development of e.g. Child Protection Policies, Child Marriage Acts and various National Action Plans. GAAs work with human rights mechanisms has potential for further strengthening national level policy influencing. At the international and regional levels of the programme, most outcomes are related to agenda setting, for example of the monitoring of girls’ rights and their inclusion in international HRM mechanisms and Regional Advisory bodies.

To further strengthen and expand these results, the MTR recommends to: °° Strengthen linkages between advocacy efforts at local, district and national level °° Support implementing partners to use their influence at different stages in the policy process °° Enhance collaboration with other actors and networks working in the same thematic fields °° Support GAA organizations to include human rights mechanism in policy influencing, specifically on the follow up of recommendations and integration into on-going advocacy activities Civil Society Pathway Relatively limited progress was noted towards the strengthening of an inclusive civil society as effective ‘watchdog’ for the implementation of policies and legislation for the protection and empowerment of girls and young women. Throughout the programme, GAA organisations work with CSO networks, like-minded CSOs and thematically related networks. In some countries, strategic collaboration with national institutions has been established. Working with CSO networks notably, is seen to contribute to improved lobby and advocacy at local, district and national level. In most countries, the programme trained and supported youth advocates, many of whom have initiated collective action on CM, TVET, CL or and CSEC. Not all effects of GAAs work with CSOs seems to be reflected in current reporting. Further analysis could provide more insights.

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Recommendations: °° Collaboration with specialized CSOs, CSO networks, research institutions and National Alliances could be further enhanced. °° Build on the experiences with youth advocates, including sharing of experiences and facilitation of exchange. Make sure that safety aspects are addressed. °° Facilitate sharing of experiences on different forms of collaboration with CSOs. °° Review the reported signs of civil society strengthening, and see how the process of collaboration can be translated into relevant outcomes Private sector pathway The small number of examples of cooperation with the Private Sector illustrates that progress within this pathway has been a challenge for many APTs. The cooperation with the hotel branch organization in Nepal shows that skills and long-term relationship building are necessary to bring about progress on a larger scale. Investment in collaboration with the private sector will only be profitable if capacities in this area are strengthened. A realistic and effective option could be to focus on facilitating exchange, and to build on good practices (Hotel branch in Nepal, RGM in Bangladesh), or to seek collaboration with more specialized partners.

Recommendations: °° Further development of good practices (with support from the Netherlands) °° Enhance capacities to engage with the Private Sector (strategies, approaches) °° Document and share experiences among GAA partners °° Explore opportunities to collaborate with more specialized organizations 3.2. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF NGO PARTNERS

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Significant progress has been made towards strengthening the organisational capacities of GAAs local CSO partners. More than 60 partners have been participating in the GAA programme. The idea was to come to a good balance of (‘strong’) lobby organizations, thematic organizations and local CSOs with strong linkages with communities. This implied also long term investment in the development of capacities for lobby and advocacy.

During the initial, baseline capacity assessment (CAT) in 2016, local CSO partners assessed the ‘Capability to Relate to External Stakeholders’ as their strongest organisational capability; the ‘Capability to Deliver on Objectives’ and the ‘Capacity to Commit and Act’ were assessed most often as the least developed organisational capability. In 2017 partners were more critical on ‘the Capability to Adapt and Self-Renew’, including their abilities to understand and navigate policy processes, and to adapt to changing contexts.

The capacity assessment provided the basis for tailor-made and locally owned Capacity Development agendas, based on the needs of individual GAA partners, as well as the joint needs of the GAA in a country. Specific capacity development activities have been focused on Organizational Strengthening, Capacity for lobby and advocacy and specific thematic areas. The joint development of the ToC, the Outcome Harvest meetings and the annual planning meetings are frequently mentioned as important components of capacity development.

The capacity development support provided by the GAA programme to CSO implementing partners was identified by the majority of the MTR reports to be crucial for enhancement of their lobby and advocacy outcomes. In addition to the Outcome Harvest meetings, organizational strengthening, specific support on PME and support in the field of lobby and advocacy were mentioned as important elements. Capacity development contributed to improved skills and knowledge of CSO partners, in particular enhanced understanding and knowledge on how to undertake lobby and advocacy initiatives (advocacy targets, formulation of policy asks, evidence based advocacy).

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Recommendations: °° Capacity to Adapt and Self-renew requires most attention, more specifically to better understand and navigate the policy processes in the public sector. There is also a need for practical support to develop effective policy influencing through strategic advocacy °° Regular refresher trainings, also to inform new staff members on the operation and opportunities of the GAA program. °° Focus on capacities to better link with processes and opportunities at the district/national level °° Support partners to effectively bring the intertwined messages of GBV and EE; and to formulate clear policy asks °° Facilitate sharing of experiences on effective L&A strategies and approaches (webinars, regional meetings) 3.3. LEARNING To strengthen linking, learning and exchange across the alliance for more effective collaboration and stronger lobby and advocacy actions, the MTR recommends the following: °° Development of knowledge sharing mechanisms on programmatic developments, strategies and themes - in particular on Private Sector engagement. °° Regular and more frequent (e.g. quarterly) exchange APT and GAA meetings on progress and fine-tuning of activities. °° Create a cross-programme learning structure and an effective, relevant and practical knowledge sharing mechanism (including topics for research) elaborated in consultation with the programme teams

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3.4. COLLABORATION, ALLIANCE BUILDING AND HARMONIZATION Within the GAA, added value is created through concrete cooperation ‘on the ground’, sharing of expertise, capacities and networks, the use of a joint PME system, working with Youth Advocates and cooperation with the Embassies. At the same time, more use could be made of joint action and alignment, joint learning and sharing of knowledge. The GAA could moreover seek more cooperation with other NGOs and networks that work in the same thematic areas (including other Strategic Partnerships, multilateral institutions, Media institutions but also networks of religious leaders) and align its actions with SDG initiatives. Synergy would gain from closer alignment of advocacy actions at local, district and national level. And from stronger linkages between the International and regional programme teams on the one hand, and the country teams on the other – notably with regards to international accountability mechanisms and regional influencing. The potential for collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the context of the Strategic Partnership was not fully utilised in the first half of the programme period, partly due to changes in contacts.

Organizational Structure The collaboration within the GAA Alliance is generally assessed as positive and constructive.

The partnership is assessed as open, flexible and based on equality. However, the Program Committee identified the need for (informed) steering of the programme. The Alliance and its programme would benefit from more information and knowledge sharing on programmatic developments, strategy and themes.

Adaptive programming (working with Theory of Change, Outcome Harvesting) proved an inclusive and empowering approach. The implementing partners needed some time to get used to working with Theory of Change and Outcome Harvesting. The PME tools are generally assessed as comprehensive and significant, but at the same time as time intensive and requiring lots of documentation. The half-yearly Outcome Harvesting Meetings are highly appreciated by GAA partners.

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The total PME package is assessed by the APTs and GAA Staff as intensive. In the context of the follow-up on the MTR, it can be checked whether and how information flows can be streamlined and how duplication of information requests can be avoided. The MTR also identified a clear need for further improvement of the quality and accuracy of the Outcome Harvesting process, including outcome descriptions and recording. The PME system should take staff changes into account, as well as the challenges of complex PME systems in a partnership that includes small organisations with limited capacities for PME. 3.5. THEORY OF CHANGE The outcomes of the GAA programme as validated by the MTR process do not provide arguments to change the order and nature of changes as outlined in the pathways of change if the overall GAA ToC. The MTR states however, that it is important to focus more on practice changes in the next two years, and to see whether interlinkages between the different pathways are adequately utilised. Looking at the assumptions, most assumptions are still valid and relevant. In particular, more attention could be paid to assumptions related to (the use of) social media and engaging with Media (3, 5), and to the involvement of men and boys (8).

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4. Strategic choices for 2019 Below, the main strategic choices for the remaining programme period 2019 – 2020 are outlined.

These choices are based on the findings and recommendations of the Mid Term Review and reflect the strengths of the GAA organisations and their partners, as well as the opportunities and challenges as shaped by recent developments in the external contexts of the programme components.

The choices outlined below have been taken into account in the strategic plans for 2019 by the Alliance Programme Teams that are summarised in chapter 5. Fine-tuning of action plans based on the strategic choices will take place in the first months of 2019.

4.1. LOBBY AND ADVOCACY In 2019 and 2020, GAA organisations and partners will continue to advocate for better implementation of public and private sector policies on gender-based violence and economic empowerment of girls and young women. In this quest, they will continue to target government actors at national and local levels, community leaders, intergovernmental bodies, corporate actors and CSOs and CSO networks.

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Government and Community leaders Based on the findings of the MTR and the consequent process of strategic review, the following shifts in focus will be made as compared to the previous years of implementation: °° Limiting the number of policies or policy areas per programme component. In the previous implementation period, APTs aimed to influence the implementation, development, review or adoption of quite a number of policies, laws or national action plans at the same time.

It is expected that the effectiveness of GAAs advocacy efforts will gain from more focus.

For 2019, APTs select a maximum of 3 policies or policy areas for each theme in their programme component. °° More strategic linking: local and community actions to higher-level decision-makers.

In 2019 and 2020, all activities at the level of communities will directly aim to influence key decision-makers – from traditional leaders to local, district or national government agents and private sector actors. Activities solely aimed at empowerment or awareness raising of broader groups of girls, boys, men or women in communities will be abandoned.

Along the same line, all actions aimed at local government officers will include elements of advocacy towards higher-level decision makers, for example by linking local and district and/or national level agencies for better alignment of service provision, by providing access to evidence-based information to inform policies and procedures, or by identifying bottlenecks in the implementation of laws and policies and taking these forward to higher-level decision-makers.

Private Sector engagement and Economic Empowerment Overall, the results towards the active engagement of the private sector seem to lag behind what was anticipated at the start of the programme. For many GAA organisations and their partners, private sector engagement is a relatively new area. Building relationships, experience, knowledge and expertise requires time. This was not taken into account enough in the ambitions that were set in 2016. Ambitions with regards to the economic empowerment of girls and young women as well, are unlikely to be met. This thematic area seems to offer fewer opportunities for GAA organisations for effective advocacy.

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Against this background, the alliance will in 2019: °° Adjust ambitions with regards to the private sector pathway and for the thematic area of economic empowerment, at the overall alliance level as well as for the underlying programme components. For the Netherlands programme component, a revised strategy for private sector engagement was developed in April 2018 for greater focus and linkage with GAA programme countries. Yet, goals and ambitions will be checked critically. A more detailed action plan and budget for this component are shared with this Annual Plan upon the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. °° Consolidate and build on successful and promising initiatives (as opposed to exploring and investing in new relations). In programme countries where promising initiatives towards local Small & Medium Enterprises have been initiated, programme teams will be supported to continue their efforts towards these actors, to build on relationships established, and to document lessons learnt. This is also where the alliance believes its ambitions for 2020 should be. However, in line with these adjusted ambitions, the GAA will not invest in further researches and studies into deeper understanding of the role of the private sector, and in the identification of possible new target sectors in specific programme countries.

Emerging changes at the originally aspired higher, national or corporate levels were noted in Bangladesh and Nepal. In these countries, the alliance will focus its investments in 2019 and 2020 into strengthening engagement with the readymade garment (RMG) industry and the tourism sector respectively, in close coordination between the Netherlands programme team and the GAA organisations at country level.

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Civil Society strengthening Under this pathway, the alliance aims to strengthen and support Civil Society Organisations and CSO networks – other than the direct partners in the GAA programme - to effectively advocate for girls and young women. The MTR confirms that in most programme countries, programme teams do not note much progress towards influencing Civil Society Organisations.

For 2019 and 2020, the following strategic shifts are foreseen: °° Focus on joining forces with like-minded CSO networks and coalition building; abandon efforts to mainstream gender and advocacy in broad groups of CSOs. In 2016 and 2017, much effort was put into reaching out to large numbers of CSOs in the programme areas of the GAA, and to support these CSOs to develop gender policies and an advocacy agenda.

From mid-2017, the focus shifted towards strengthening ties with existing CSO networks, and towards facilitating collaboration with and between likeminded CSOs and stakeholders from government and/or the private sector in multisector platforms. In 2019 and 2020, the alliance will continue to invest in joining forces with like-minded CSO networks and coalition building. °° Upscaling and strengthening initiatives on Youth Advocacy. The alliance will also step up its investments in Youth Advocacy. In 2017, the GAA international team developed a Youth Advocacy Manual that was used in 2017 and 2018 to train youth groups in all GAA programme countries. In addition to this, GAA organisations in most programme countries worked with youth groups, girls groups and boys groups in schools and communities, and supported these to make their voices heard. Support was also provided to youth activists, such as Mellicentia from Sierra Leone, who spoke for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the occasion of the Day of General Discussion in October 2018.

As a first step to a more comprehensive strategy for Youth Advocacy, to be developed in the first half of 2019, the alliance will map all current initiatives and link with other organisations and experts active in the field of Youth Advocacy. Rather than forming more new youth groups at community level, the alliance will build in 2019 and 2020 on existing groups (formed by the GAA programme or otherwise), provide specific support and coaching to promising young ‘change makers’ from these groups, and link these to (inter)national level advocacy fora and networks.

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4.2. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF CSO PARTNERS Capacity Development in the context of the GAA Theory of Change refers to the strengthening of organisational capacities for lobby and advocacy of direct CSO partners of the GAA, formally contracted for the implementation of the GAA programme. At the start of the collaboration, all CSO partners undertake a participatory capacity assessment. These assessments form the basis for tailor-made capacity development trajectories. After one year, the capacity assessment is updated to monitor the development of organisational capabilities and to inform new capacity development plans.

Apart from the deliberate capacity development initiatives, GAA partners report that participating in the GAA programme in itself has had positive effects on their organisations’ capabilities as well, notably the Theory of Change workshops and Outcome Harvesting meeting.

Other CSOs as well have indicated that collaboration in the context of the GAA programme has contributed to stronger organisational capacities. These aspects of the programme remain largely unreported in current monitoring practices.

In line with above reflections and findings, the alliance will focus in 2019 and 2020 on further strengthening the organisational capacities of its direct CSO partners on 2 or 3 core capacities for lobby and advocacy, notably networking, financial sustainability and youth advocacy/inclusiveness. Capacity Development plans focusing on generic organisational capabilities such as PME and financial management will no longer be supported. Alternative modalities of Capacity Development will be explored and utilised, such as webinars and online counselling. Also, more effort will be made to link GAA partners to local experts. Finally, an effort will be made to make more visible the broader positive effects on organisational capacities of CSOs of collaboration in the context of the GAA programme.

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4.3. LEARNING The MTR emphasizes the huge potential for learning across programme components and organisations in the alliance. In 2016 and 2017, a structured learning agenda was developed around the key assumptions of the GAA Theory of Change (see annexe II). Various programme teams undertook studies into these and other learning topics. As a first step towards more structured learning, the alliance included in its MTR the development of a ‘learning booklet’ and three brief documentaries on social change (to be published and shared with the Ministry in February 2019) – linked to its first key learning question. Further, the alliance will in 2019 bring together all research reports and other inputs on the GAA learning questions and make these available for sharing across countries and teams. In the Netherlands as well as internationally, more room will be created for exchange and reflection.

For the remaining period, learning will be focused on the mobilisation and organisation of girls and young women for participation in decision-making, closely linked to the ongoing and planned activities on Youth Advocacy as outlined above under the section on Civil Society strengthening.

4.4. COLLABORATION, ALLIANCE BUILDING AND HARMONIZATION Complementarity and added value The alliance sees the following opportunities to capitalise on the potential for complementarity and added value: °° Specialisation, division of tasks and alignment. In programme components where GAA organisations predominantly work on their own theme(s) and/or in their own geographical area(s), organisations will be urged and supported to keep each other informed of ongoing and planned activities, to align advocacy actions, to jointly map advocacy opportunities, and to exchange experiences and learn from these. Information sharing and alignment will also be emphasised where organisations do advocate on similar topics, policies or themes, and may join the same meetings and functions, and/or target the same policy makers. Where relevant, in these cases, organisations will be supported to develop a clear

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joint advocacy strategy or division of tasks (especially in longer advocacy trajectories). As a minimum, organisations should inform each other of planned actions and align these to avoid contradictory messages and to minimize ineffective use of resources. °° Speak with ‘one voice’. GAA organisations will be encouraged to mandate the ‘designated advocate’ to speak or act on behalf of the other GAA organisations and/or the alliance as an entity on itself. This is well in line with the MTR finding that, throughout the alliance, organisations recognize each other’s’ strong reputation and network as the most important added value of their collaboration. °° Joint advocacy. All programme teams will be requested to present at least one joint advocacy action (planned or ongoing) for further elaboration and/or support.

PME and Outcome Harvesting From the MTR, a mixed picture of the PME system of the GAA emerges. It is valued as robust, comprehensive and relevant for an adaptive advocacy programme. The half yearly Outcome Harvesting meetings are important moments for teams for joint exchange, analysis and reflection. At the same time, alliance teams experience the PME cycle as rather complex and demanding. As a result, more time is spent on ‘ticking boxes’ in reports than on actual and much needed reflection, analysis and (re)strategizing.

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With a modest increase in PME capacity at the level of the alliance desk already in place, further practical adaptations of the PME system are foreseen for the coming months. Support to alliance teams will include refresher sessions on Outcome Harvesting and the GAA PME cycle during dissemination meetings in January - February, webinars and/or online consultations in the run-up to annual reports and other milestones, linking and exchange with other teams, and more detailed review and feedback on outcome lists. The Netherlands alliance organisations will moreover make extra investments to join all Outcome Harvesting meetings. Development of a Power-BI tool for the alliance is at an advanced stage. This will unlock the bulk of the programme’s monitoring information for quicker analysis and sharing of insights across and beyond the alliance.

Collaboration and communication Information exchange and joint analysis of political context is happening with the Netherlands Embassies in Accra (also in relation to Liberia and Sierra Leone), Ethiopia, Uganda, Bangladesh and the Philippines. Programmatic collaboration and alignment is taking place with the RNE in Manilla. The alliance will continue in 2019 to build on these relations, and to explore opportunities for concrete collaboration.

The GAA Netherlands programme component has strengthened its cooperation with other stakeholders involved in Responsible Business Conduct Agreements (‘IMVO convenanten’) like Fair Wear Foundation, UNICEF and the trade unions (FNV and CNV). In Bangladesh, the alliance has initiated talks with the local offices and partners of these Dutch organisations in order to implement joint advocacy actions, particularly in relation to the RMG sector. In 2019, the alliance will work to consolidate and effectuate these important linkages.

The alliance will furthermore in 2019 and 2020 continue its efforts to reach a wider audience of ‘informed stakeholders’ with results and learnings from the programme4, and to support the Ministry to develop and share the narrative of the Dialogue & Dissent framework. The joint alliance communication plan that was developed in 2017 will be rolled out further in the coming two years.

4 See for example the article ‘Shalini stopt Kindhuwelijken’, published in Dutch newspaper Metro on 2 October 2018.

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5. Strategic planning per programme component 5.1. INTERNATIONAL MTR findings The GAA International programme is to a large extent on track with the planned outcomes and expected intermediate outcomes. Progress has included the incorporation of inputs of CSOs into the work of CEDAW, UPR, and the Voluntary National Reviews, the development of evidence-based recommendations on GBV and EE and the monitoring of the performance on girls’ rights and GAA themes by human rights monitoring bodies and SDG Accountability Mechanisms. The extensive substantive knowledge of GAA partners in the areas of GBV and EE has allowed the GAA to contribute evidence-based input into the work of the human rights and SDG Accountability mechanisms. Working with GAA teams in countries on reporting to the human rights and SDG Accountability mechanisms and following-up on the conclusions and recommendations of the human rights mechanisms has succeeded in strengthening the links between national and international advocacy. The training of youth advocates to engage nationally and internationally to develop and lead advocacy plans in order to make their voices heard has been an important first step.

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In terms of advocacy towards human rights mechanisms, GAA International should look towards developing new strategies and targets in order to address the new political context (of increased opposition to women’s rights and SRHR and attacks on multilateralism). It should also increase its capacity building with country programs to strengthen program interventions. In term of support for youth advocacy, there is a need for additional training, be it in terms of reporting to international mechanisms, follow-up to the concluding recommendations, and event-specific training for participation in international events.

Expected outcomes in 2019 CSOs have improved capacity to influence their governments and to engage strategically with HR Mechanisms and SDG VNR processes (civil society national) The GAA international partners will continue their capacity support to GAA partners in countries enabling them to: °° engage strategically with HRM and SDG VNR processes and use these international monitoring processes as a tool for influencing their national governments °° engage youth advocates and/or partner with youth-led organisations in advocacy on GAA themes In addition, the international GAA advocacy will work with Human Rights Mechanisms and Bodies (CEDAW, CRC, HRC) and the Permanent Missions to ensure that inputs of CSOs and of youth advocates from GAA countries are incorporated in their reports. In 2019 the focus will be on the HRM submissions of Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Ethiopia.

At the level of the HLPF in New York, the GAA international partners will support the GAA partners in Ghana and Liberia to influence the process of their Voluntary National Reviews of the SDG implementation and advocate for the inclusion of issues of GBV and economic exclusion of girls and young women.

Main advocacy targets in 2019 The advocacy targets of the international GAA are: Human Rights Bodies (CEDAW, CRC, HRC), Permanent Missions represented in Geneva and New York, international organisations like ILO and UNICEF and ECOSOC. In lobbying international governance and human rights bodies, GAA members collaborate with other international civil society networks and organisations like Parliamentarians Without Borders (PWB) and the Alliance 8.7 Partnership.

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Advocacy actions implemented in 2019 The three main influencing tactics that will be employed next year are: 1. Technical advice and support to GAA country partners on how to influence their national governments by using international monitoring and accountability mechanisms. Through training, online support, regular skype calls, joint mapping of influencing opportunities, the capacity and knowledge of civil society organizations will be strengthened. GAA international will also provide support (through the Youth Advocacy toolkit) to the teams in GAA countries regarding the inclusion of young advocates.

2. Lobbying to HRM bodies and Permanent Missions. This includes meetings with HRM officials and state members’ representatives, organization of side events (related to sessions of the Human Rights Council for example) and the submission of reports to HRM bodies.

3. Linking and networking between CSOs around HRM processes, as well as facilitating the voices and participation of young people and advocates in HRM processes.

5.2. NETHERLANDS

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MTR findings The GAA advocacy that is being implemented in the Netherlands aims to influence Dutch companies and the Dutch government on the inclusion of effective measures against GBV and economic exclusion of girls and young women into their policies and practices. The private sector lobby of GAA has targeted individual companies as well as private sector representatives involved in different International Responsible Business Conduct (IMVO) agreements.

The public sector lobby efforts were directed towards the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (on the Dutch SDG agenda for implementation, the new trade and development cooperation policy) and towards the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (on the Dutch policy position regarding child labour).

The MTR of GAA Netherlands points out some successes as well as some less successful outcomes of the GAA lobby. GAA members achieved positive results in discussions about the inclusion of gender equality and child rights issues into IMVO agreements (food, banking, metallurgic, textile, insurance). They also contributed - either as GAA or through broader CSO networks like KROS, Partos, WO=MEN - to policy discussions on the new policy for trade and development cooperation. The lobby towards individual companies (based on the business case for women’s economic empowerment) was less successful. According to the MTR, the business case in itself was not enough to ‘seduce’ companies. If the GAA programme could have offered more practical support to the company in terms of addressing some of gender discrimination issues at the level of their business partners and suppliers, the proposition would have gained strength.

The MTR basically confirmed the decision that was already taken by GAA (in particular Plan International Nederland) in March 2018 to adjust its approach towards private sector actors.

Expected outcomes in 2019 In 2019 the GAA members will intensify their lobby to the private sector representatives involved in various IMVO agreements, utilizing their position of member or supporter (‘steunbetuiger’).

We aim to achieve: 1. An increased number of IMVO agreements signatories of the Garment & Textile, Banking, Food Products and Insurance agreements prioritise gender discrimination and child rights risks in their due diligence and action plans 2. Gender discrimination and child rights risks are being recognized and incorporated in the discussions on the Metallurgy agreement 3. There is a stronger commitment of the Dutch (outgoing) tourism sector to address issues of gender discrimination and child rights violations in the tourism supply chain In the lobby towards the Dutch government, the GAA members will raise the issue of the role of government in the negotiations and implementation of the IMVO agreements. In 2019 GAA members will contribute to an increased recognition by members of parliament and by IMVO agreement steering committees of the need for a more active, regulatory, role for government.

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Main advocacy targets in 2019 GAA’s main advocacy targets are: °° SER secretariat °° Steering committees and signatories of textile, food products, banking, insurance and metallurgy agreements °° ANVR and forerunners group of Dutch tour operators °° Ministry of Foreign Affairs °° Members of Parliament

Advocacy actions implemented in 2019 Based on the strategic reorientation and the MTR findings, GAA members have adjusted their approaches towards the private sector. Our focus will be on the IMVO signatories: those branch organisations and individual companies (signatories) that have already accepted a certain degree of responsibility for mitigating negative impacts in their production and sourcing chains.

GAA members will strengthen their joint advocacy ask and messages, integrating both aspects of gender discrimination (including issues like unequal pay, violence at the workplace, lack of career and promotion opportunities) and child rights violations (child labour, access to education, child protection). Each GAA member will focus on a specific IMVO agreement: Terre des Homme engages with the Metallurgy agreement (still in development), Plan with the Garments & Textile agreement, Global March Against Child Labour (Banking and Food products) and DCI-ECPAT with parties involved in the Insurance agreement. The lobby towards the tourism sector will be implemented collectively.

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As participant of the different IMVO working groups, GAA members will provide input on specific gender discrimination and child rights risk, propose concrete measures to be taken up by companies, disseminate the conclusions of the business case on women’s economic empowerment (in the garment sector), present evidence on effective measures and collective projects and will facilitate links between companies, their suppliers and local CSOs. In approaching the tourism sector, GAA will partner with Travelife/ECEAT, the certification scheme for sustainable tourism.

GAA’s lobbying actions aiming at the Dutch government include: provision of policy inputs to members of parliament about the role of government in IRBC agreements, awareness raising of policy makers and presentation of evidence on the current gaps in government’s performance regarding human rights and businesses. GAA will also raise this issue in international fora and Human Rights monitoring mechanisms, such as the Reporting Procedure of the UNCRC. Finally, it needs to emphasized that GAA members will work in collaboration with other CSOs that are engaged in IRBC discussions. Aligning our actions with members of strong platforms like WO=MEN and KROS and implementing joint advocacy will increase the effectiveness of our advocacy actions.

5.3. AFRICA REGIONAL PROGRAMME MTR findings The regional programme aims to influence regional governance bodies in Africa (African Union and Regional Economic Communities) and is complementary to the GAA influencing in the six African countries. GAA influencing efforts at AU and RECs aim to improve the performance of regional monitoring and accountability mechanisms so that African governments are being held accountable on the fulfilment of African regional treaties and conventions.

The MTR confirms that regional GAA partners have used lobbying and advocacy approaches to target the AU Commission, the African Union Campaign on Ending Child Marriage (ECM) secretariat, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR), and the Organization of African First Ladies against AIDS (OAFLA). At the sub-regional levels, the East African Community (EAC), ECOWAS and the Mano River Secretariats have been targeted.

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The MTR validates the changes that have occurred in regional policy agendas, in regional policies and in the effective implementation (enforcement) of regional agreements, due to the influencing efforts of GAA. Most changes are observed at the level of agenda setting in the areas of child marriage, child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.

Given the complex nature of regional monitoring and accountability mechanisms, the MTR notes that the alliance’s work around ending child marriages, trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children could benefit from greater synergy building at different levels. More optimal use could also be made of the presence of alliance implementing partners in the different GAA countries.

Expected outcomes in 2019 The GAA programme in Africa continues to address (1) child marriage, (2) child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children and (3) the strengthening of regional CSOs to influence regional monitoring processes on gender equality and child rights 1. Ending child marriage Ending Child Marriage is now high on the agenda of highest decision making levels at the AU. Twenty four countries have launched the campaign. However, less than half of them have proper national inter-ministerial coordination mechanisms, policies and strategies and action plans on ending child marriage. The GAA Africa programme aims to influence the relevant regional governance bodies to strengthen the monitoring and accountability mechanism to End Child Marriage in Africa.

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2. Child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children The GAA Africa programme will use existing mechanisms at the EAC as well as the AU to enhance monitoring and accountability mechanisms to address CT and CSEC. This will include engaging with the CSO forum, the ACERWC and the EAC, as well as enhancing partnership with the EALA and Interpol/EAPCO. The programme also aims to strengthen the monitoring of the ECOWAS Child Protection Framework by CSOs, particularly around child trafficking, CSEC and children on the move.

3. strengthening of regional CSOs Strong links had already been established to prominent CSO networks on children’s and women’s rights, like the CSO Forum and the Gender is my Agenda Campaign (GIMAC). In 2019, the programme will further develop the linkages between these regional advocacy networks and CSOs of girls, boys and young women in countries. This should result in stronger collaboration between regional and sub-regional CSOs and better alignment of ongoing advocacy at national and regional levels.

Main advocacy targets in 2019 GAA’s approach related to the theme of ending child marriage will mainly target the following regional bodies: °° ACERWC- Special Rapporteur on ECM in Africa - Madam Bokoum °° AU ECM Campaign on ECM, Department of Social Affairs, AUC °° ACHPR, Special Rapporteur on Women’s Rights in Africa °° African governments (in GAA countries through national GAA partners) Advocacy targets in the area of trafficking and sexual commercial exploitation are: °° EAC / EALA °° AU (ACERWC) °° ECOWAS (Trafficking In Person Secretariat and Child Protection Unit) °° Mano River Union Secretariat °° Mano River Union and GAA ECOWAS States (through the GAA national partners)

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Advocacy actions implemented in 2019 GAA organisations are using various lobbying and advocacy tactics to pursue their goals.

In relation to the Ending Child Marriage Campaign, they can build on the existing policy commitment of several African bodies, while taking advantage of the fact that their organisations are perceived as knowledgeable and credible organisations on this issue. Therefore, the contribution of GAA consists of supporting the monitoring task of specific bodies such as the Special Rapporteur and the ECM secretariat. GAA provides technical inputs, collects data on the specific child marriage responses in countries and brings in the voice of girls and young women.

The issue of child trafficking and sexual commercial exploitation is still receiving less attention by regional policy makers. This requires the use of advocacy tactics in order to move the issue higher on the agenda of African decision-makers. Research is also needed to generate reliable data on the prevalence and the impact of these harmful practices. Finally, GAA organisations will collaborate with other CSO networks to enhance the pressure on African governments.

5.4. ETHIOPIA

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MTR findings The MTR concludes that the GAA program in Ethiopia is on the right track to achieve its expected outcomes. There are many positive signs of change occurring at the level of community leaders, district and regional government agencies as well as civil society organisations, expressing increased commitment and changing practices in addressing gender based violence and economic exclusion of girls and young women. GAA organisations have been quite successful in forging stronger ties between communities and their grassroots institutions (like CBOs, Iddirs, anti-harmful traditional practices committees) on the one hand and government institutions on the other. The fact that the Ethiopian government itself is seriously committed to eliminating child marriage, FGM and child trafficking – which are therefore not considered as politically sensitive issues – is one of the factors contributing to the practice changes happening at local level. The MTR also shows that GAA’s engagement with the private sector has been less successful so far. It has proven challenging to establish relationships with private sector associations and companies and to invite them to look at GBV and economic discrimination affecting girls and young women.

Expected outcomes in 2019 In 2019, GAA organisations will continue to advocate for the improved implementation of public policies addressing child marriage, FGM, child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in different regions of the country (Amhara and Oromia) as well as at national level. In addition they will pursue their efforts to convince relevant government agencies and private sector representatives of the need to address the economic exclusion of girls and young women, especially by promoting decent employment opportunities.

Specifically, the GAA organisations to achieve the following results at the level of the national, regional and zonal authorities (Women and Children offices, education offices, law enforcement bodies) by the end of next year: °° GBV and economic empowerment issues are prioritized in plans of action; °° Increased budget allocation for child friendly legal services by the office of justice; °° Regional and Woreda councils ensuring adequate implementation and monitoring of action plans.

Regarding the private sector, the alliance will advocate at chambers of commerce and individual companies (in textile, horticulture and tourism) to ensure that: °° Chambers of commerce and their members develop codes of conduct against GBV and economic exclusion.

Advocacy towards public and private sector representatives will be accompanied by efforts to involve community and religious leaders as well as local civil society organisations in the fight against GBV and economic exclusion.

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Main advocacy targets in 2019 Main advocacy targets at governmental level are: Women and Children offices, the sub-national Bureaus of Education, the Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs, the Office of Justice and the councils at regional and woreda levels. Main advocacy targets in the private sector are the chambers of commerce in Amhara and Oromia regions.

Advocacy actions implemented in 2019 All GAA implementing partners in Ethiopia have developed advocacy plans for next year wherein they acknowledge the importance of involving girls and young women focused organisations.

Given the rapidly changing political context in Ethiopia, it is expected that the restrictions imposed on civil society organisations will be lifted or at least relieved. This will give more space to further promote the mobilisation of girls and young women and support their inclusion into policy making processes.

Despite the positive political developments of the last months, GAA partners still need to be cautious in choosing their advocacy strategies and tactics. Therefore, the influencing tactics proposed by our partners are still geared towards cooperation and provision of technical support to government actors. Proposed advocacy actions are dialoguing with policy makers, advise on how to improve government services, facilitate experience sharing and joint learning and support government agencies to connect to community actors and to groups of girls and young women.

Regarding the advocacy actions towards the chambers of commerce, GAA partners intend to use lobby and advise as the main tactics in order to influence these actors. At the same time, more campaigning actions will be implemented, for example by using specific celebration days (such as the Trade day, Tourism day) to raise the attention of companies on issues of GBV and women’s economic empowerment.

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Finally, the GAA programme in Ethiopia continues to invest in the capacity development for lobby and advocacy of its civil society partners. During 2019, GAA will organise a regional meeting bringing together partners from different GAA countries to stimulate learning based on the findings of the mid-term evaluation.

5.5. GHANA The MTR concluded that most impact for the Ghana Programme has been achieved at the community level and partly district level. The commitment and efforts of traditional and religious leaders to advocate for GAA themes was strong. The youth advocates on community level were active in their lobby to decision makers. For 2019 there is the need to scale up to the regional and national level to bring the needed change and impact the programme seeks to achieve. Besides this, alignment with other CSOs and NGOs on national level lobby could further strengthen the GAA Ghana programme.

Practice change In 2019, GAA Ghana aims to contribute to better implementation and/or compliance of the following policies and laws: °° National Strategic Framework on Ending Child Marriage 2017-2026 of the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection °° United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol on the sale of Children °° Improvement of implementation of the Domestic Violence Act

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To this end, the Ghana APT will work with the following actors: 1. The change agents that we have so far created and identify those who we might have missed 2. CSOs working on children’s rights, CSOs with knowledge on budget allocation (Send Ghana) and Networks working on eliminating Child Marriage (Girls Not Brides Ghana) 3. On the ratification of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children: the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (Child Labour Unit), Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture and supporting agencies UNICEF, International Needs, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) will be approached.

4. On preparation for the process towards drafting of the Alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the child, as much as possible CSOs will be included in the consultation process 5. Champions of Change were trained and supported; in 2019 the Ghana APT will actively involve them in lobby.

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On the support to the National Strategic Framework on Ending Child Marriage the Ghana APT will work on °° Local data collection on the current response of the Ghanaian government in preventing and combatting CM (via the community child protection committees) °° Investigation of the current budget allocation on the various social sectors (keeping in mind Ghana’s Social Protection Strategy) that are needed to combat CM and aligning our efforts with civil society actors who want, and can do budget monitoring to create advocacy on budget allocation on national level supported by a strong civil society network. °° Developing a public advocacy campaign (together with other CSOs) to generate more public support on budget allocation to social sectors. °° Lobby at the appropriate moments in the budget process for 2020 to increase public spending on education, healthcare and child protection °° On the lobby towards the Ratification of the UNCRC Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Ghana has signed the protocol but not ratified it. In 2019 the Ghana APT will further lobby to Government on ratification of the Protocol. Ratification will support the lobby to government on the ending of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls and Young women.

Policy change In 2019, the GAA partners aim to contribute to the development, review and/or enactment of the Children’s Act and the national review process of the Children’s Act To achieve these changes, the GAA partners foresee the following activities: °° Contribute to planned consultations and include the perspective of girls and young women °° Submit policy proposals regarding the desired revisions of the Children’s Act °° Lobby at the Parliamentary Commission and at the Ministry In addition, the programme the GAA aim to strengthen the national TVET strategy. The following actions are foreseen: Besides continuously monitor Government TVET programs, lobby through the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs towards Ministry of Education on promoting the effective implementation of the TVET strategy to promote girl’s enrolment into TVET institution. Through the Dutch Royal Embassy, the GAA Ghana Programme is liaising with the Dutch Business Chamber of Commerce to have further discussions on how they can make input into the TVET component at all levels of its development.

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Civil Society To reinforce its advocacy efforts, the GAA organisations plan to support, facilitate and collaborate with the Ghana National Education campaign coalition in their efforts to monitor the National TVET strategy, and with Girls Not Brides Ghana, Send Ghana, Action Aid, and Unicef In 2019, the GAA organisations will build on and further align their efforts to make the voices of girls, young women and youth heard, notably in (inter)national level decision-making. Youth advocates will participate in 2019 in the lobby towards the amendment of the Children’s Act processes and the promotion of ratification of the CRC Optional Protocol. The Ghana APT will support the Youth Advocates in working with the media, including social media.

In 2018 the Youth SDG Summit was organised and in 2019 GAA efforts will continue to contribute to the Voluntary National Review Process. Ghana will report on the SDGs in 2019 during the high-level voluntary Review in New York and the GAA APT anticipates contributing to a side meeting to facilitate governments and other stakeholders to discuss on target 8.7.

Plans for Capacity Development of GAAs direct partner NGOs will be updated and elaborated in the first months of 2019. The focus will lie on strengthening the capacity of implementing partners to lobby on national level.

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Practice change At community level, the GAA Kenya programme in 2019 intends to engage in meetings, dialogue fora, awareness raising and active lobby and advocacy, targeting religious, cultural and prominent leaders, as well as community activists and survivors and those at risk of CT/ CSEC. These activities aim to raise the awareness of communities of negative effects of GBV and Economic Exclusion. Similar initiatives in Kwale and Kisumu and Nairobi’s formal and informal settlements aim to standardise informal mechanisms of reporting cases of CSEC, CT and CM to the legal justice system.

At government level, sensitisation meetings and other lobby and advocacy initiatives shall be undertaken to influence policy makers and implementers to enact laws against CT/CSEC. Furthermore, county governments and duty bearers in Kwale, Nairobi and Kisumu shall be targeted to implement existing policies on CSEC, CT, CM and EE. To that end, the GAA programme intends to target the following actors: °° National Gender Equality Commission °° Gender and Children County Assembly Kenya °° Kwale County Gender Technical Working Group °° National SEC and CTiP Technical Working Groups °° The Ministry of Tourism and ICT °° Kenya Women Parliamentary Association °° State Department for Gender Affairs °° Department of Children’s Service Policy change At community level, the GAA Kenya programme in 2019 aims to target cultural, religious, community, youth and village leaders as well as councils of elders and parents to discredit negative social norms and initiate public campaigns for alternative social norms that protect adolescent girls and young women from GBV and EE.

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At government level, L&A initiatives, through direct engagement and consultative quarterly meetings shall be undertaken to monitor and influence national and county governments to commit to implement legislations, policies and practices that protect adolescent girls and young women from GBV and EE. To this end, at county as well as national level, the following actors will be targeted: °° The Police °° The formal Judiciary: °° Including court user committees °° Members of county assemblies °° Leaders & representatives of Children’s Departments °° Ministry of Health °° Ministry of Education At CSO level, the GAA programme in Kenya shall target CSO networks to develop strategies for L&A and for monitoring the implementation of National Action Plans on CT, CSEC, CM (national level) and of gender responsive planning and budgeting (county level). To this end, the program shall work with the Kwale Gender Technical Group, the Counter Trafficking in Persons Network, the Gender Technical Working Group (county level) and the SEC Technical Working Group and Stop Trafficking Kenya in Nairobi (national level).

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Contrary to previous years, the GAA Kenya programme shall in 2019 not aim to expand its reach towards Private Sector actors, but rather focus on existing structures for a more effective and impactful approach. The main aim of the interventions shall be the development and implementation of workplace policies against GBV. The main strategies employed to this end are linking and networking of CSO networks with the private sector, consultative meetings and workshops for the adoption and compliance of workplace policies. To this end, the following actors shall be the main targets: °° Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) °° Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KPSA) °° Federation of Kenya Employees °° Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA) °° Social Enterprise Society for Kenya Civil Society The GAA Kenya Programme in Kenya operates on the assumption that once CSOs are strengthened and coordinated at national and county level, they will effectively lobby the government and advocate for laws and policies on CT/CSEC. To that effect, in 2019, the programme will focus on supporting and working through CSO networks that lobby the government to prioritize and set aside funds for the implementation of the CTiP NPA and SEC NPA. To this end, the programme will support, facilitate and collaboration with, among others, the Technical Lobbying Group in Nairobi, the Kwale Child Rights Network, Stop the Traffic Kenya and the Girls not Brides Network.

Also in 2019, the GAA Kenya programme will work with 42 youth advocates (leaders drawn from 21 active youth clubs) to develop and share advocacy messages and provide them with a platform where their voices can be heard by decision makers and taken into account in policy dialogues. The 21 youth clubs (210 members) will also be supported to develop work plans and carry out activities at the village and sub county level. Integrated psychosocial support will be offered to advocates who are survivors or who are vulnerable to CT/CSEC to address trauma and self-stigmatisation and strengthen their advocacy.

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5.7. LIBERIA Practice change In 2019, GAA Liberia aims to contribute to better implementation of and compliance with the following policies and laws: °° The Children’s Law’s provisions on Child Marriage, the statutory law on the age of consent (the Children’s Law, the Rape Law, the Anti-trafficking Law 2005) and Executive Order No. 92 to abolish FGM/Cutting under the age of 18; °° The SDGs, by advocating for fair reporting on GAA issues during the VNR and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child during the 2019 reporting cycle. GAA Liberia will coordinate national CSOs to contribute to the UNCRC reporting process and will lobby the national government to submit the state report; °° The National Social Welfare Policy and Action Plan that was developed in collaboration with GAA Liberia; The TVET policy: GAA will work with the Minister of Youth and Sports to create an Act to °° establish the Liberia TVET Commission (LITCOM), which will ensure the full implementation of the TVET policy.

In addition, in 2019, the GAA Liberia programme aims to: °° Advocate WACPS officers to strengthen their role to prevent GBV, and to support GAA advocacy towards government; °° Mobilise communities, including girls and young women, to support advocacy towards government for the establishment of LTCOM; °° Work with TVET institutions in Bomi, Lofa and Montserrado Counties to improve their enrolment and completion rates for female students and to develop policies for equal access of girls and young women to education.

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To achieve these practice changes, the GAA organisations foresee the following activities in 2019: °° Dialogue meetings with the Ministry of Gender Children Social Protection in the reporting process to the UNCRC in Geneva; Together with UNICEF Liberia and national CSOs, the GAA Liberia team will contribute to the process of reporting to UN Committee in Geneva, as well as in creating a youth led report; °° Lobby for focus on GAA themes during the VNR of Liberia on the SDGs; °° Follow up meetings will be held to ensure that national government is reporting in line with terms and conditions of the SDGs and UN CRC; °° Handwritten stories of young women will be presented by GAA advocates to the Deputy Minister for TVET at both Ministries of Education and Youth and Sports on the limited access to TVET Programs; °° Support to GAA Partners, GAA Ambassadors of Change and other NGOs to present a petition to the Senate Standing Committee on TVET; °° Dialogues with CSOs at county and national level, together with youth advocates, to advocate for more female WACP officers; °° Dialogues with TVET institutions, chief and traditional and religious leaders and TVET students on internship strategies for girls and young women.

Policy change In 2019, GAA Liberia aims to contribute to the following policy changes: °° Harmonisation of customary laws (bye-laws) with statutory laws and international treaties to reduce Harmful Practices such as FGM/Cutting and Child Marriage. This strategy has been successfully applied in the previous period and requires advocacy with APT will national government as well as chiefs, religious leaders and traditional leaders; °° The development of a National Policy/Action Plan to strengthen the child protection system by the Ministry of Gender; °° At least 4 companies (GSM Companies, Total Liberia, Sime Darby Plantation, Coca Cola and/ or APM Terminals) provide internship and job opportunities for adolescent girls and young women graduating from TVET institutions; °° Establishment of a TVET Commission that will ensure the harmonization and standardization of the national TVET curriculum and policy.

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To achieve these policy changes, the GAA organisations foresee the following activities: °° Facilitate revision and amendment of community bye-laws; °° Facilitate meetings with Ambassadors if Change and the Senate Standing Committee on TVE on the formation of LITCOM; °° Promote media campaigns at national and community level on the creation of LITCOM; °° Consultative meetings with TVET institutions, MYS, MOE and CSOs to build consensus for joint advocacy; Civil society Also in 2019 the GAA organisations will build on and further align their efforts to make the voices of girls, young women and youth heard. More specifically, GAA Liberia will work with UNICEF and the Liberia NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child on the alignment of the UNCRC state report.

Advocacy efforts will moreover be coordinated with a wide group of NGOs and NGO networks, including International Rescue Committee Liberia, Equip-Youth, Liberia National Children’s Representative Forum (LNCRF), Save the Children Liberia, Liberia Feminist Forum (LFF), National CSO council and Girls Not Brides Liberia.

The Liberia programme will also build on its previous work with youth advocates. In 2019, focus will be on youth led advocacy towards the UNCRC and on lobbying the national government on the implementation of the UNCRC. In addition, GAA Liberia will support girls and young women to strengthen their capacities to advocate, to collect stories of peers and to meet and interact with key decision makers and make their case for improved protection services against GBV and to promote economic empowerment for girls.

Plans for Capacity Development of GAAs direct partner NGOs will be updated and elaborated in the first months of 2019.

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5.8. SIERRA LEONE Practice change In 2019, the GAA Sierra Leone programme aims to contribute to improved implementation of the following laws and policies: °° The 2011 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Paramount Chiefs, the Family Support Unit (FSU) of the Sierra Leone Police and Child Welfare Committees (CWCs). This MoU elaborates the roles and responsibilities of these actors in the child protection system and is to be monitored and coordinated by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs (MSGCA); °° The Sexual Offenses Act, by advocating for increased prosecution of cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) by the Magistrate Courts in Western Area and Moyamba District; °° The reviewed Code of Conduct for Teachers and other Educational Personnel by the Teaching Service Commission and Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), by popularising the Code in 15 communities; °° Policies and strategies for the promotion of young women’s employment and apprenticeship, through popularisation of these to Chiefs and Tribal Heads/Headmen of in 15 communities; To this end, the GAA team in Sierra Leone will work with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Paramount Chiefs, Family Support Units, Child Welfare Committees, National Teaching Service Commission (NTSC), Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Magistrate Courts.

Furthermore, efforts will be undertaken in 2019 to mobilise the Child Rights Coalition Sierra Leone (CRC-SL) to keep holding government accountable for following up on recommendations made in 2017 by the Human Rights Council (HRC) during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

The national consultation will take place in July 2019, by the African Committee of Experts on the Charter on the Rights and the Welfare of the Child (ACERWC). The CRC-SL will also hold the government accountable for recommendations made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 2016.

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To achieve these practice changes, the GAA partners plan to provide technical and logistical support to different stakeholders including chiefs, CRC-SLE, the National Teaching Service Commission and the MBSSE, to conduct trainings, to hold meetings and to write and submit alternative reports to international bodies.

Policy change In 2019, the GAA organisations aim to contribute to harmonisation of the existing child marriage laws (the 2007 Child Rights Act and the 2009 Registration of Customary Marriage and Divorce Act) into one new harmonised national law on child marriage (the Abolition of Child Marriage Act 2018). Adoption of this new Bill by the Parliament is foreseen by end 2019.

To this end, the GAA partners will work with the Parliamentary Committee on Child Marriage and other Members of Parliament, the Attorney General (AG), Minister of Justice and its subcommittee headed by the Law Reform Commission, CRC-SLE, UN organisations, like UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women, and other International NGOs. Planned actions include monitoring the process from the AG’s office to Parliament, lobby for pre-legislative meetings, offer recommendations to the Parliamentary Committee on Child Marriage and follow the process until the Bill passes into law.

Other policy changes to which the GAA organisations aim to contribute in 2019: °° Adoption of the Reviewed Code of Conduct for Teachers and other Educational Personnel by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (end 2019); °° Development of procedures for receiving complaints/reports from Girls and Young Women

by Chiefs, Tribal Heads and Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) in 15 communities; °° Development and review of policies by local companies towards increased employment opportunities for young women.

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Civil Society To reinforce its advocacy efforts, the GAA organisations plan to support, facilitate and collaborate with the following NGO networks and coalitions: Child Rights Coalition (CRC) Sierra Leone, Women’s Forum, National Committee on Gender Based Violence (NAC-GBV), Ladies in Development Moyamba, and 50/50 Group GAA organisations will moreover build on their work with youth advocates, notably in follow-up on the youth advocacy training organised in November 2018.

Plans for Capacity Development of GAA direct implementing partner organisations DCI-Sierra Leone and YACAN will be updated and elaborated in the first months of 2019.

5.9. UGANDA Practice change At the community level, GAA interventions aims to engage key stakeholders (boys, girls, men, women, cultural and religious leaders, local councils, community groups) in 13 districts to report perpetrators of Child Marriage, Child Labour, CSEC, Child Trafficking and Economic Exploitation, and to influence negative social norms, values, attitudes and practices.

CSOs and networks and coalitions working on child rights and women’s empowerment will be supported to effectively monitor and influence government, private sector and communities towards the eradication of Child Marriage, Child Labour, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Child Trafficking and Economic Exploitation. To achieve this, GAA partners intend to intensify their work with existing CSO networks, and to identify and engage with new networks.

Private sector employers will be targeted to implement policies for gender parity in employment as included in statutory laws. This includes the implementation of affirmative action for girls and young women, the promotion of Codes of Conduct against workplace GBV, and measures to safeguard employees against Economic Exploitation.

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At the government level, the program aims to contribute to improved monitoring and implementation of four specific laws, one policy, and three NAPs: the Employment Act 2006, the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amendment Act 2016, PTIP Act 2009, Domestic Violence Act 2010, and Mining Act 2003), the National Gender Based Violence policy of 2016, and the National Action Plans on CSEA, NSCM&TP and the Elimination of WFCL. To that end, the programme will target five government ministries (MoGLSD, MOE, MOIA, MOEMD, MOJCA), Parliament (UPFC, UWOPA, UPFYA, Gender Committee, Budget Committee, and Legal & Parliamentary Affairs), the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), and 6 key departments.

To achieve these practice changes, the GAA partners plan to conduct direct lobby and advocacy activities especially with government and private sector, organise awareness raising sessions with community and other actors, engage the media, review policies, laws, NAPs and other relevant documents, and to engage in linking and learning actions with CSOs and dialogues with traditional leaders and other actors.

Policy change Formal private sector institutions, such as hotels, labour agencies, mining companies and Federation of Uganda Employees (FUE) as well as informal institutions shall be targeted to adopt gender responsive employment policies in line with statutory laws on gender parity in employment.

At the government level, advocacy actions will target the five targeted ministries, Parliament, the KCCA and six key departments to develop action plans and review and/or enact the Employment Act 2006, PTIP Act 2009, Witness Protection Bill, Mining Act 2003, the National Gender Based Violence 2016 Policy and three NAPs as indicated above.

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Civil Society The GAA Uganda programme plans to support, facilitate and collaborate various NGO networks and coalitions at district and national levels, including UCATIP, NACRAN, CRANE, GBV Coalition, UWOPA, District Youth Advocacy Networks, National CSO Network.

Also in 2019, the GAA organisations will build on and further align their efforts to make the voices of girls, young women and youth heard, for example by developing and implementing a GAA national youth advocacy plan, engagement of youth in project implementation, supporting participation of youth in key advocacy events at district and national levels.

Capacity building plans for partner CSOs implementing GAA Uganda programme will be determined in the first months of 2019 as the capacity assessments of these organisations are finalised in January 2019.

5.10. ASIA REGIONAL Most important findings of the MTR Significant progress towards expected outcomes of the regional Asia GAA programme have been met. The GAA partners engaged target actors from intergovernmental and multilateral bodies, private sector, CSO coalitions, CSOs and youth networks primarily in South and South East Asia to advance the GAA agenda of addressing gender-based violence and economic exclusion of girls and young women.

With intergovernmental and multilateral bodies, GAA achieved agenda setting and policy change level outcomes for ASEAN (ACWC), SAARC (SAIEVAC) and ADB. In the private sector pathway, progress had been mixed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with agenda setting outcomes being achieved with YCI, and manifestations of practice change level outcomes with a new target actor, Accenture. Finally, among CSO coalitions, CSOs and youth networks, Plan, ECPAT and GMACL had successfully introduced the GAA agenda. With AIESEC, in particular, GAA had contributed to policy level outcomes by early 2018.

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The regional program had demonstrated its dynamism and agility to respond to the region’s unique political environment, especially with regard to gender issues. Strong engagement with regional intergovernmental bodies, active and able technical support in GAA issues, and clear advocacy asks contributed to the success of midterm outcomes. Moving forward, the APT recognizes the need to review partnerships that had encountered significant challenges, particularly in the private sector; adapt to ever-shifting political contexts in the region (especially with regard to leadership changes and governments’ openness to NGOs and CSOs); and explore strengthening the GAA message by leveraging the GAA more visibly in engagements.

Expected results for 2019 The expected results for 2019 will build upon results achieved so far. There will be a continuation of capacity strengthening activities of GAA partners to ensure that the strategy of the Regional Coalition of CSOs, CSO and youth networks prioritise the GAA agenda and advocate effectively with regional bodies, platforms, and private sector actors and ensures the participation of girls, youth and women in advocacy efforts. The adoption of ASEAN Declaration is a step towards mobilizing high level political commitments of the ASEAN Member States in working towards prioritising OCSE at a forefront of the regional agenda. Realising the endorsement of the ASEAN Declaration by ACWC, SOMSWD and the ASEAN’s Head of States is therefore prioritised in 2019.

For 2019, GAA organisations envision that identified regional networks/associations/chains in the RMG and/or hospitality sector have policies in place that reflect the principles of decent work and equal opportunities and safe workplaces for girls and young women. The ADB is to continue the process of institutionalizing the participation of young people across their projects and operations. The ADB education group will create an instrument that includes targets for the upskilling of marginalized young women for quality jobs including digital jobs of the future.

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Important lobby targets The most important lobby targets will remain unchanged and will include the intergovernmental bodies AIPA, ACWC, ADB, SAIEVAC and SAARC, CSO’s and CSO coalitions such as GMACL, UN MGCY, CRC Asia and Youth Networks including AIESEC. Planned Lobby and Advocacy activities Considering the recommendations in the MTR the GAA Asia component will renegotiate partnerships that require a shift in focus, particularly in the private sector, strengthen the GAA advocacy messages by increasing GAA visibility in engagements and partnerships, and increase youth participation in planned capacity development activities for CSOs. Research, capacity development support and linking and learning will remain important strategies to strengthen planned lobby and advocacy activities. Planned lobby activities are participation in regional events AIESEC YouthSpeak, SAIEVAC roundtable discussions, Asian Youth Forum, Regional Buddhist Leaders Meeting, ADB consultation meetings and 2019 Annual Meeting, ASEAN RPA-EVAC mid term review, dialogues with ACWC and CSOs. Development of GAA briefing papers, GBV free workplace business cases, ADB technical assistance instruments, a gender action plan and gender campaign, country reviews on national legislation on OCSE. 5.11. BANGLADESH MTR findings The MTR of the GAA programme in Bangladesh concludes that most progress was achieved on the government and private sector pathways. For CSOs and communities, more efforts are needed to achieve the envisioned goals.

Expected outcomes and advocacy actions The GAA partners in Bangladesh will continue their advocacy efforts on four major policy issues: child marriage, child trafficking, online sexual abuse and exploitation and sexual harassment at the workplace and in public spaces. The government and private sector firms and associations, especially in the Ready Made Garment industry, are the main advocacy targets. On most of these policy issues, public and private sector actors have adopted laws, regulations and policies; however, the practice of implementing and enforcing existing regulations remains problematic.

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In relation to child marriage, GAA partners expect to achieve the proper implementation of the Child Marriage Restraint Rules by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA) and the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (MoLJPA). Sensitization and motivation of these ministries are critical for GAA to carry out the advocacy successfully. GAA advocacy will be carried out in close collaboration with existing CSO coalitions like Girls not Brides, WE CAN and NACG. Advocacy actions will include the voices of girls, boys and young people, as GAA partners will continue to connect to (and support) youth and adolescents groups and the Citizen Platform on SDGs. With regard to child trafficking, the GAA partners want to push for the effective implementation of the National Plan of Action on Human Trafficking (2018-2022). MoHA recently has adopted this NPA where it makes considerable efforts in developing social and economic safety-nets with specific interventions to combat trafficking in children. GAA partners will be lobbying and advising relevant ministries and officials at all levels to show them how the NPA can be implemented and enforced. At the same time they will produce an alternative report on trafficking in children which will generate the necessary data and evidence on how to address child trafficking issues.

In relation to the issue of sexual harassment at the workplace, the GAA programme will build upon the progress achieved during last year. This means that we will continue to influence the factory management of RMG factories and buyers, as well as government and non-governmental authorities such as BEPZA and BGMEA. Through the RMG Actors forum GAA partners will advocated for the implementation of inclusive HR policies in line with the High Court guidelines and the wage board regulations. The ongoing research on the business case for women’s economic empowerment in RMG will be finalized early 2019. The research findings will be disseminated through the relevant fora and networks. Furthermore, GAA partner Change Associates will intensify the collaboration with Fair Wear Foundation and UNICEF in order to strengthen its offer to RMG factories. Finally, the ongoing support to the network of women champions working in RMG will be continued throughout 2019.

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5.12. INDIA MTR findings The GAA programme in India is implemented by Plan and TdH and three partner organisations.

It aims to improve the actions implemented by government and private sector actors in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on four major issues: child marriage, child trafficking, girls’ access to secondary education and to vocational training programmes. Better policies and policy implementation are needed to prevent GBV and the economic exclusion of girls and young women. As these practices are rooted in discriminatory social norms, GAA also aims to influence traditional and religious leaders.

The MTR revealed that GAA carried out extensive lobby and advocacy particularly towards the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare (WDCW), the Police and the Secondary Education in both states. GAA advocacy has set in motion a process towards acknowledging the existing gaps in implementation of current government policies. In some instances, GAA and government officials responded to the identified implementation gaps by developing handbooks and guidelines that facilitate proper implementation. Simultaneously, GAA has influenced caste, religious and community leaders and obtained their commitment to publicly denounce harmful practices.

Less progress has been achieved on the issue of girls’ access to secondary education and vocational training. In general GAA organisations have weaker relationships with the State departments of education than with the WDCW departments, which has limited their access to the relevant policy makers. A similar conclusion was drawn regarding GAA’s engagement with private sector targets. Till now, partners have not succeeded to establish meaningful interaction with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and the India-Netherlands Business Association (INBA).

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Expected outcomes in 2019 During next year the GAA programme in India will further intensify its advocacy towards government agencies in both states in order to ensure the effective implementation of existing laws against child marriage and child trafficking (Prohibition of Child Marriages Act, 2006; Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2002; and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956).

Its main advocacy targets are: the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, Department of Education, Police, Judiciary, Revenue and the State Legal Service Authority.

With regard to the private sector advocacy, the GAA partners will lobby the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and the India-Netherlands Business Association (INBA) Hyderabad in order to get their commitment to sensitize their members to invest in secondary education for girls and job oriented vocational training for young women.

The programme will also continue its influencing work at the level of traditional and religious leaders. We expect that during 2019 at least 150 key state and district religious leaders from Hindu and Muslim religions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states begin to sensitize 500 religious leaders at block and community level on the harmful practice of child marriage and the role of religious leaders in preventing child marriages through writing of circulars/letters.

In the implementation of the proposed lobby and advocacy actions, GAA organisations will continue to work through existing civil society networks. Last year GAA organisations concentrated on sensitizing 15 CSO district networks on GAA themes. Based on the belief that in order for CSOs to successfully advocate towards governments and companies they should embrace and implement gender equality as part of their own organisation, GAA organisations will intensify their support for the effective institutionalization of gender policies in civil society organisations and CSO networks.

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Advocacy action plan for 2019 Based on the findings from the MTR, the action plan of GAA India in 2019 will focus more on: °° The collection of evidence about the current gaps in government services for girls and young women and the barriers they experience in accessing secondary education and job oriented vocational training. °° With the government, emphasis will be given for greater convergence between the line departments to build synergy among them for coordinated actions from the relevant departments. The APT will intensify its work with the Education Department, JOVT and on anti-Child trafficking in the State of Telangana °° Strengthening strategic partnerships with BC, SC/ST Commissions and organizations like Interfaith Forum for Social Change, high-risk caste and religious federations, masjid committees and Wakf Board (Wakf Board looks into various aspects of Muslim community at state and district level; its Qazzath Wing issues marriage and divorce certificates). °° To facilitate the engagement of CSOs, emphasis will be laid on developing CSO district plans of advocacy actions to feed into state advocacy. °° With the private sector, all relevant business platforms (not limiting to CII and INBA) and high impact individual corporates will be approached. °° Involvement of youth advocates and facilitate their connections with community representatives, government officials and elected people’s representatives 5.13. NEPAL MTR findings The review found that progress is being made towards the aspired changes at the level of CSOs and CSO networks, community and traditional leaders, government and the private sector. CSO networks and young women groups have fully adopted GBV and EE issues in their advocacy work, and the development of advocacy strategies and plans is on track. Monitoring umbrella policies and action plans does not yet happen but is planned for 2019 and 2020. The Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) recognizes its potential role in addressing decent work for young women. However, child protection, gender, ethical hiring and decent workplace policies have not yet been adopted and monitoring of the national code of conduct is also not yet taking place. Community leaders fully recognize their role in combating GBV issues and promoting EE. They are fully committed to

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proactively address these issues and prevent, stop and report cases. They are not yet involved in lobbying local governments. Finally, the review team observed that in the Government pathway, on the level of agenda setting, the programme is on track. On policy change level and practice change level, initial changes are perceived.

In terms of Capacity Development, partners CWIN and WOREC have improved documentation of actions and signs of change. This has enabled them to use this information as evidence for their advocacy interventions at national and local level. The capacity to adapt and self-renew requires most attention in the coming two years.

Expected results for 2019 At national level, the GAA programme in Nepal will ensure that by end of 2019, costed implementation of the provision made against HTPs in the penal code will be ensured and a monitoring mechanism for the effective implementation of this provision will be operationalized at local level. At local level the GAA programme will see the costed implementation of the GBV strategy and action plan against CM developed by municipalities by the end of 2019. The framework of a monitoring mechanism for implementation of the GBV strategy and child marriage action plan will be developed.

Through our work with communities, GAA in Nepal will achieve that municipalities allocate budget for the implementation of the action plans developed by religious leaders. Furthermore, role models at community level, such as youth from the National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders and religious leaders will increase their focus on economic empowerment of young women.

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The CSOs in their networks will implement their joint advocacy action plan effectively by the end of 2019 and lastly, the Hotel Association of Nepal will participate in the development of a national code of conduct on child protection, gender and decent work principles and ethical recruitment which it will urge members to adopt.

Important lobby targets The most important lobby targets for 2019 are the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC), National Women Commission(NWC), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Planning Commission (NPC), Parliamentarians, the Social Development Committee, Deputy Mayors of municipalities, National Interreligious Network (NIRN), Religious Leaders, Hotel Association Nepal, and the Trekking Agencies Association Nepal.

Planned Lobby and Advocacy activities A combination of regular meetings, technical support and capacity development on national and international human right mechanisms will be used to ensure that the government allocates sufficient budget to implement the CEDAW backed provision related to harmful traditional practices (HTPs) made in civil and criminal code and supporting that procedures on monitoring are followed and financed.

Evidence based advocacy through various groups, strategic and technical support to municipalities for strategy development and monitoring as well as building the capacity of government officials on national and international human right mechanisms will ensure that local government develops a GBV strategy and establishes a monitoring mechanism.

A series of consultation between government officials and religious leaders, strengthening the capacity of religious leaders on national and international human rights mechanisms as well as on the development of advocacy strategies and plans will be done by partners as well as by NIRN to strengthen the capacity of the district chapters to collaborate with the municipalities.

A campaign against HTPs in a leadership of role models from national to community level, strengthening the capacity of role models on human right mechanisms, success story documentation and dissemination will support them in achieving that community leaders commit to address child marriage and sexual exploitation and promote economic empowerment of young

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women by changing social norms through their religious teachings and services in the 16 GAA targeted municipalities.

CSO networks will implement the joint advocacy action plan developed in 2018 and will submit a joint memorandum on harmful traditional practices and economic empowerment of young women to demand effective implementation of the GBV strategy and provision on HTPs. The capacity of HAN and TAAN officials at national and province level on human rights mechanisms will be strengthened, a business case will be used to influence individual members and a campaign will be launched to draw the attention of government as well as hotels and trekking agencies emphasizing job opportunities for young women in the hotel and trekking industry.

The business case and continuous lobby and advocacy initiatives with the private sector will encourage the HAN and TAN to develop the aforementioned policies with active engagement of their member organisations. Once endorsed by the umbrella bodies, they will be cascaded to the regional and district chapters.

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Practice change In 2019, the GAA Philippines programme has identified a number of key strategies to address practice change at the government level. These strategies include maximization of partnerships with municipal Local Government Units (LGUs) to work with provincial LGUs, strengthening the LGU ordinance and scale up to provincial level and lobby for localisation of laws and policies on GBV. In that capacity, the programme shall engage in lobby and advocacy initiatives encouraging LGU’s legislative bodies to reinforce the following laws (noted as: Presidential Decrees and Republic Acts) to eliminate economic exclusion of GYW and GBV: °° P.D. 603: Child and Welfare Code °° RA 7610: Law Against Child Abuse °° RA 10364: The Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2003 °° RA 9775: Anti-Pornography Act °° RA 9231: On Elimination of Worst Forms of CL °° RA 9208: The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2003 °° RA 9710: Magna Carta of Women °° RA 9262: Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act Through coordinated lobby, awareness raising and capacity development, targeting local and national CSOs and community leaders, the GAA Programme in 2019 intends to enhance collaboration between CSOs and community leaders, advocating against CSEC, TIP and CL. The MTR indicates a need for more engagement with private sector actors. Based on this, the partners decided to intensify private sector engagement through partnerships with more experienced NGOs. In 2019, the programme intends to work closely with Merchandising and Travel and Tourism industries and broadcast media and business process outsourcing. Also in 2019, the APT intends to work much more closely with the Dutch Embassy to approach Dutch companies in The Philippines. The aim of these engagements shall be the integration of relevant labour standards and ethical practices (e.g. Child protection, Gender Sensitive Guidelines) as well as the creation of a conducive conditions for the creation of economic opportunities to girls and young women.

To achieve these practice changes, the GAA organisations foresee the following activities: °° Coordinated lobby efforts with government agencies °° Nationally coordinated youth public awareness campaigns °° Trainings on L&A to CSOs °° FGDs with CSOs °° Gender sensitive trainings to private sector

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Policy change At the government level, the GAA Philippines programme in 2019 aims to target LGU officials to make local protection mechanisms more responsive to the needs of victims of CSEC, CL and TIP, and to identify policy and programme gaps and recommend areas for improving the law.

GAA partners also aim to reach out to the following governmental institutions, partly through LGUs: °° The Department of Justice, °° Department of Social Welfare and Development, °° Philippine National Police, °° National Bureau of Investigation, °° Department of Labor and Employment, °° Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking, °° Inter-agency Council Against Child Pornography at the national level and °° 152 targeted Local Government units of NCR, Region III, VII and VIII Effectively implementing and recommending improvements on the following laws: °° RA 7610 Child Abuse °° RA 10364 Amended Anti-Trafficking Act °° RA 9775 Anti-Child Pornography °° RA 9231 Elimination of the Worst Forms of CL °° RA 9208 Anti-Trafficking Act °° RA 9710 Magna Carta of Women °° RA 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and Children

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At the CSO level, through training on and finalization of gender policies and child protection policies and the development of action plans and monitoring its implementation, the GAA organisations in 2019 aim for CSOs to agree to adopt child protection policies, child safeguarding policies and/or gender policies within their organizations.

At the community level, the programme aims to target community leaders to engage communities to work through local structures for the protection of children and girls and young women to form informal mechanisms with guidelines to address TIP, CSEC, CL and EE. This shall be achieved through lobby and advocacy, linking communities with government officials, awareness raising and educational sessions addressing gender sensitivity and child protection.

At the private sector level, GAA Partners intend to target managers, key representatives and owners of merchandising industry, travel and tourism industry, broadcast media and business process outsourcing.

Civil Society To reinforce its advocacy efforts, the GAA organisations in 2019 plan to map and expand its CSO network, including more CSOs that complement GAA partners.

In 2019, the GAA organisations will build on its work with youth advocates. More specifically, GAA will involve at least 100 girls and young women leaders in the organization of core groups in schools and communities. A pool of youth advocates from GAA CSOs will be formed, who can be mobilized for advocacy work and youth consultations on GBV issues. GAA will also map organized youth networks and groups in schools and communities.

Plans for Capacity Development of GAAs direct partner NGOs will be updated and elaborated in the first months of 2019, however, based on preliminary assessments, the following Capacity development initiatives are foreseen in 2019: °° Public Finance Management for Children (Annual Investment Plan for Children) °° Learning Sessions on GAD Focal Point System, defining economic empowerment, sharing of good practices and designing an economic empowerment strategy in GAA °° Deepening on the concepts on GBV, CSEC, TIP, CL and mandated Protection Mechanisms °° Development of core messages and use of (social) media in advocacy °° Economic empowerment (credit and saving management) °° Private Sector Engagement: child protection, labor, and gender laws and policies, including penalties and incentives; development of tools needed for setting-up gender-based policies in the workplace °° Development of core messages in the GAA campaign to be used in IEC materials and awareness activities and use of all forms of media

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-II- Financial Planning of the Girls Advocacy Alliance

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6. Financial Planning 6.1. REVISED BUDGET OF THE GIRLS ADVOCACY ALLIANCE Below budget is an update of the revised budget that was presented in the Annual Plan 2018 in November 2017, and that was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by letter of 7 June 2018. It includes budget neutral adjustments to the budgets for implementation of programme components by Plan International Netherlands and Terre des Hommes Netherlands in 2019 and 2020. Defence for Children - ECPAT does not foresee adjustments to its budgets for 2019 and 2020.

For 2016 and 2017, actual expenditures are included as determined in the GAA Annual Reports for these years. For 2018, the expected expenditures are presented as indicated by the alliance organisations, based on their realised expenditures for the period January – July 2018 plus an estimate over the second half year.

The revised budget presented below is hereby submitted to the Ministry for approval.

Expected expenditures 2018 The alliance expects to spend €10 mio in 2018; 97% of the approved annual budget for 2018.

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Adjustment of the GAA budget The extension of the inception phase and the consequent delay in the start of implementation resulted in lower expenditures than planned for 2016. This delay was partly made up in 2017.

In consultation with the implementing organisations on the ground, remaining unspent budget was reallocated to 2018, 2019 and 2020. With a small underspent expected on the approved annual budget of 2018, the alliance expects to spend its total budget as awarded by the grant decision TFVG-411/15 activity number 27548 (25 November 2015) by the end of 2020.

The forecast for 2019 is somewhat higher than the approved annual budget 2019. This is a reflection of reallocation of (expected) remaining unspent budget from previous years to 2019. The forecast for 2020 has been adjusted slightly downwards, in anticipation of the timely conclusion of implementation in the programme’s final year.

At the level of the overall 2016 – 2020 programme, no shifts of budgets are foreseen between country programmes, regional programmes and/or the international programme. Explanation is provided below for changes in 2019 at the level of budget lines, and for changes in 2019 at the level of programme components.

The overall budget for the GAA programme 2016 – 2020 remains equal. Hourly rates and overhead costs calculations have not changed as compared to the original subsidy request and budget (August 2015).

Changes in 2019 between budget lines Looking at the programme outcome categories5, the expected overall increase in programme expenditures in 2019 is clearly reflected in the core outcomes categories Lobby & Advocacy and Capacity Development, and in the consequent increase in expected costs for Administration & Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PME). The lower forecast for Knowledge & Research is a reflection of the MTR finding that the alliance has not yet capitalised on its potential for learning.

Concrete plans for linking, learning and exchange are under development, but have not yet been taken into account in the budgeting processes at the level of the programme components and will probably show in actual programme expenditures for 2019.

5 Administration & PME, Lobby & Advocacy, Capacity Development, Knowledge & Research.

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Changes in 2019 budgets per programme component Forecasts for 2019 for Liberia, Kenya and the Asia regional programme are considerably higher than the approved annual budgets 2019 for these programme components (35%, 38% and 27% respectively). This is a reflection of higher underspending in previous years, and the consequent reallocation of unspent budget to 2019 - in consultation with the implementing organisations on the ground.

6.2. ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES 2019 Estimated revenues 2016 - 2019

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Funds received MFA 31-12-2015 (1st instalment)

€

4.956.280

Funds received MFA 27-10-2016 (2nd instalment)

€

1.579.668

Funds received MFA 01-12-2016 (3rd instalment)

€

9.079.312

Funds received MFA 31-12-2017 (4th instalment)

€

7.868.928

Planned instalment MFA 2018 (budget CY 2019)

€

9.379.537

Received interest CY 2016

€

10.554

Received interest CY 2017

€

0

Estimated interest CY 2018

€

0

Estimated interest CY 2019

€

0

Actuals 2016 expenditures

€

- 4.427.544

Actuals 2017 expenditures

€

- 8.015.030

Estimated 2018 expenditures

€

- 9.989.486

New budget 2019 expenditures

€ - 10.887.886

Expected balance per December 2019

€

- 445.667

Note that on 23 November 2018, a liquidity prognosis was submitted upon request of the DSO Control Unit. This prognosis provides a liquidity need for 2019 of € 9.840.000.

Liquidity planning as per MFA grant decision no. 27548 – adjusted as per letter dated 22 November 2017: Instalments Girls Advocacy Alliance/SP 1st

Received

14 December 2015

€

4.956.280

2nd

Received

27 October 2016

€

1.579.668

3rd

Received

1 December 2016

€

9.079.312

4th

Received

31 December 2017

€

7.868.928

5th

Planned

December 2018

€

9.379.537

6th

Planned

December 2019

€

7.932.940

7th

Planned

2021

€ 412.089

Total (maximum)

€

41.208.754

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Revised budget 2016 - 2020 of the Girls Advocacy Alliance Programme Component

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Actual 2016

Actual 2017

Budget 2018

Forecast Deviation 2018 %

Budget 2019

Forecast Deviation 2019 %

Country 1 - Ghana Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 50.265 € 225.928 € 77.871 € 14.356 € 368.420

€ 55.292 € 360.015 € 85.625 € 31.926 € 532.858

€ 75.540 € 371.791 € 172.731 € 48.335 € 668.397

€ 69.780 € 257.888 € 306.377 € 184.503 € 818.547

-8% -31% 77% 282% 22%

€ 78.233 € 329.373 € 167.433 € 58.516 € 633.555

€ 148.984 € 295.578 € 156.549 € 125.869 € 726.980

90% -10% -7% 115% 15%

Country 2 - Sierra Leone Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 40.298 € 176.265 € 53.109 € 3.284 € 272.956

€ 84.042 € 196.895 € 105.290 € 15.823 € 402.051

€ 47.172 € 285.797 € 175.258 € 29.539 € 537.765

€ 48.977 € 291.020 € 153.888 € 15.609 € 509.495

4% 2% -12% -47% -5%

€ 47.410 € 200.262 € 80.513 € 13.052 € 341.237

€ 53.641 € 238.514 € 108.296 € 10.046 € 410.496

13% 19% 35% -23% 20%

Country 3 - Liberia Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 40.018 € 87.489 € 20.345 € 3.341 € 151.194

€ 36.859 € 150.355 € 66.804 € 15.835 € 269.853

€ 52.533 € 256.074 € 121.727 € 41.128 € 471.462

€ 87.865 € 303.776 € 114.793 € 20.304 € 526.738

67% 19% -6% -51% 12%

€ 56.251 € 243.301 € 106.284 € 23.031 € 428.867

€ 96.556 € 322.736 € 146.736 € 14.922 € 580.950

72% 33% 38% -35% 35%

Country 4 - Ethiopia Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 95.624 € 147.557 € 94.019 € 40.983 € 378.182

€ 104.506 € 302.084 € 227.993 € 96.254 € 730.837

€ 111.860 € 527.304 € 224.596 € 119.854 € 983.613

€ 140.418 € 613.237 € 255.561 € 117.778 €1.126.994

26% 16% 14% -2% 15%

€ 107.405 € 433.983 € 180.410 € 90.249 € 812.047

€ 102.906 € 535.029 € 129.703 € 57.643 € 825.281

-4% 23% -28% -36% 2%

Country 5 - Kenya Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 40.475 € 113.400 € 28.157 € 11.496 € 193.529

€ 98.945 € 344.867 € 129.228 € 77.559 € 650.599

€ 86.831 € 525.394 € 97.929 € 58.382 € 768.537

€ 79.740 € 474.508 € 117.459 € 88.578 € 760.286

-8% -10% 20% 52% -1%

€ 97.897 € 457.754 € 162.698 € 66.364 € 784.713

€ 109.707 € 628.862 € 297.228 € 44.233 €1.080.029

12% 37% 83% -33% 38%

Country 6 - Uganda Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 41.947 € 83.625 € 86.032 € 75.759 € 287.364

€ 106.015 € 361.759 € 186.290 € 54.563 € 708.627

€ 79.403 € 392.421 € 211.243 € 78.988 € 762.054

€ 66.293 € 448.608 € 218.880 € 78.249 € 812.030

-17% 14% 4% -1% 7%

€ 90.727 € 420.671 € 255.141 € 83.659 € 850.198

€ 71.873 € 577.916 € 218.305 € 54.225 € 922.318

-21% 37% -14% -35% 8%

Regional Africa Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 44.252 € 116.920 € 8.390 € 20.291 € 189.853

€ 78.013 € 282.706 € 48.946 € 99.005 € 508.669

€ 78.783 € 491.635 € 74.969 € 109.439 € 754.826

€ 60.303 € 396.323 € 55.539 € 83.015 € 595.179

-23% -19% -26% -24% -21%

€ 78.069 € 435.269 € 71.600 € 105.913 € 690.851

€ 86.616 € 493.037 € 181.342 € 72.668 € 833.662

11% 13% 153% -31% 21%

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Revised budget 2016 - 2020 of the Girls Advocacy Alliance Programme Component

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Budget 2020

Forecast 2020

Country 1 - Ghana Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 80.560 € 341.453 € 139.167 € 29.789 € 590.969

€ 42.799 € 280.069 € 65.137 € 22.504 € 410.509

Country 2 - Sierra Leone Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 49.311 € 182.485 € 65.181 € 11.573 € 308.550

Country 3 - Liberia Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

Country 4 - Ethiopia Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

Deviation %

Budget Total

Forecast Total

Deviation %

-47% -18% -53% -24% -31%

€ 370.146 € 1.555.311 € 663.439 € 196.005 € 2.784.900

€ 367.120 € 1.419.477 € 691.559 € 379.158 € 2.857.313

-1% -9% 4% 93% 3%

€ 56.997 € 152.491 € 57.428 € 9.015 € 275.931

16% -16% -12% -22% -11%

€ 243.223 € 1.072.969 € 491.329 € 77.260 €1.884.781

€ 283.955 € 1.055.185 € 478.012 € 53.777 € 1.870.929

17% -2% -3% -30% -1%

€ 49.652 € 199.870 € 89.336 € 11.316 € 350.174

€ 43.640 € 163.254 € 62.025 € 14.439 € 283.359

-12% -18% -31% 28% -19%

€ 226.923 € 941.781 € 427.110 € 106.929 €1.702.743

€ 304.938 €1.027.610 € 410.704 € 68.841 €1.812.093

34% 9% -4% -36% 6%

€ 98.805 € 353.593 € 126.972 € 74.566 € 53.936

€ 88.810 € 334.282 € 113.939 € 68.836 € 605.867

-10% -5% -10% -8% -7%

€ 511.150 € 1.806.029 € 919.061 € 448.351 € 3.684.591

€532.264 €1.932.188 €821.215 €381.493 €3.667.160

4% 7% -11% -15% 0%

Country 5 - Kenya Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 93.487 € 406.028 € 120.051 € 50.089 € 669.655

€ 98.045 € 422.612 € 156.151 € 90.026 € 766.833

5% 4% 30% 80% 15%

€ 419.540 €1.911.055 € 563.934 € 435.085 €3.329.614

€ 426.913 €1.984.249 € 728.224 € 311.891 €3.451.277

2% 4% 29% -28% 4%

Country 6 - Uganda Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 92.411 € 331.123 € 233.499 € 75.444 € 732.478

€ 69.614 € 327.361 € 149.236 € 50.960 € 597.171

-25% -1% -36% -32% -18%

€ 364.106 €1.501.593 €1.014.022 € 402.037 €3.281.758

€ 355.743 €1.799.269 € 858.742 € 313.756 €3.327.510

-2% 20% -15% -22% 1%

Regional Africa Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 80.352 € 393.062 € 64.149 € 76.055 € 613.618

€ 71.598 € 379.308 € 64.400 € 107.825 € 623.132

-11% -3% 0% 42% 2%

€ 348.549 €1.732.806 € 293.799 € 444.335 €2.819.490

€ 340.782 €1.668.294 € 358.616 € 382.803 €2.750.495

-2% -4% 22% -14% -2%

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Actual 2016

Actual 2017

Budget 2018

Country 7 - Bangladesh Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 51.459 € 174.291 € 112.684 € 70.188 € 408.622

€ 65.680 € 461.264 € 83.091 € 14.670 € 624.705

€ 78.727 € 513.512 € 184.549 € 81.034 € 857.822

€ 78.305 € 437.681 € 156.835 € 60.486 € 733.307

-1% -15% -15% -25% -15%

€ 73.081 € 513.596 € 170.394 € 69.722 € 826.793

€ 81.765 € 413.483 € 310.315 € 44.133 € 849.695

12% -19% 82% -37% 3%

Country 8 - India Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 34.480 € 173.256 € 23.488 € 39.012 € 270.236

€ 102.679 € 375.250 € 55.488 € 73.137 € 606.554

€ 82.080 € 463.070 € 129.542 € 85.034 € 759.725

€ 32.019 € 527.767 € 135.214 € 21.759 € 716.759

-61% 14% 4% -74% -6%

€ 96.930 € 441.895 € 164.750 € 92.802 € 796.377

€ 100.129 € 550.917 € 217.617 € 56.027 € 924.689

3% 25% 32% -40% 16%

Country 9 - Nepal Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 36.672 € 52.196 € 22.943 € 989 € 112.800

€ 103.443 € 235.022 € 29.228 € 12.005 € 379.698

€ 119.685 € 357.541 € 49.826 € 26.069 € 553.121

€ 93.948 € 227.355 € 68.803 € 8.302 € 398.408

-22% -36% 38% -68% -28%

€ 86.208 € 250.913 € 35.001 € 6.333 € 378.456

€ 99.431 € 272.727 € 50.435 € 4.709 € 427.301

15% 9% 44% -26% 13%

Country 10 - Philippines Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 62.960 € 86.874 € 63.332 € 29.980 € 243.146

€ 60.836 € 422.388 € 135.037 € 46.878 € 665.139

€ 70.477 € 430.267 € 148.511 € 67.637 € 716.891

€ 67.769 € 410.447 € 127.495 € 57.858 € 663.569

-4% -5% -14% -14% -7%

€ 60.243 € 426.379 € 122.453 € 50.141 € 659.217

€ 62.716 € 411.597 € 242.492 € 23.490 € 740.295

4% -3% 98% -53% 12%

Regional Asia Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 45.905 € 135.093 € 12.058 € 23.810 € 216.867

€ 33.563 € 189.044 € 29.103 € 18.248 € 269.959

€ 50.250 € 406.725 € 31.009 € 30.037 € 518.022

€ 47.208 € 384.669 € 38.020 € 46.573 € 516.471

-6% -5% 23% 55% 0%

€ 45.759 € 341.306 € 44.162 € 50.743 € 481.970

€ 49.616 € 435.536 € 84.104 € 43.387 € 612.643

8% 28% 90% -14% 27%

Netherlands/International Administration + PME NL Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Alliance coordination PMEL Overhead recovery Sub Total

€ 183.381 € 264.695 € 16.851 € 55.629 € 222.825 € 590.994 €1.334.375

€ 189.806 € 544.472 € 24.576 € 68.764 € 167.192 € 670.673 €1.665.482

€ 176.491 € 704.985 € 22.176 € 73.159 € 264.365 € 666.484 €1.907.659

€ 162.238 € 682.489 € 19.958 € 51.616 € 257.477 € 637.925 €1.811.704

-8% -3% -10% -29% -3% -4% -5%

€ 160.739 € 623.105 € 24.608 € 103.409 € 209.115 € 574.281 €1.695.256

€ 256.011 € 846.481 € 20.399 € 77.808 € 203.693 € 549.157 €1.953.548

59% 36% -17% -25% -3% -4% 15%

Grand Total

€4.427.544 €8.015.030 €10.259.895 €9.989.486

-3%

€9.379.537 €10.887.886

16%

Totals per Outcome Administration + PME NL Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Alliance coordination PMEL Overhead recovery Total

€ 767.737 €1.837.589 € 619.280 € 389.120 € 222.825 € 590.994 €4.427.544

€1.034.863 €5.455.768 €1.768.824 € 834.629 € 257.477 € 637.925 €9.989.486

-7% -5% 8% -2% -3% -4% -3%

€1.078.952 €5.117.809 €1.585.446 € 813.934 € 209.115 € 574.281 €9.379.537

€1.319.950 €6.022.410 €2.163.521 € 629.156 € 203.693 € 549.157 €10.887.886

22% 18% 36% -23% -3% -4% 16%

Programme Component

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€1.119.679 €4.226.120 €1.206.699 € 624.668 € 167.192 € 670.673 €8.015.030

€1.109.832 €5.726.516 €1.644.065 € 848.633 € 264.365 € 666.484 €10.259.895

Forecast Deviation 2018 %

Budget 2019

Forecast Deviation 2019 %

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Programme Component

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Budget 2020

Forecast 2020

Country 7 - Bangladesh Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 87.474 € 451.796 € 128.975 € 44.438 € 712.682

€ 75.489 € 500.264 € 139.528 € 55.975 € 771.255

Country 8 - India Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 96.427 € 365.444 € 156.718 € 81.670 € 700.258

Country 9 - Nepal Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

Deviation %

Budget Total

Forecast Total

Deviation %

-14% 11% 8% 26% 8%

€ 347.007 € 2.076.072 € 728.002 € 296.824 € 3.447.904

€ 352.698 € 1.986.982 € 802.452 € 245.453 € 3.387.585

2% -4% 10% -17% -2%

€ 121.820 € 335.609 € 61.869 € 124.493 € 643.791

26% -8% -61% 52% -8%

€ 412.201 €1.750.019 € 602.345 € 470.577 € 3.235.142

€ 391.126 € 1.962.798 € 493.677 € 314.428 € 3.162.029

-5% 12% -18% -33% -2%

€ 99.451 € 170.475 € 36.155 € 3.509 € 309.589

€ 100.689 € 247.892 € 31.200 € 11.461 € 391.242

1% 45% -14% 227% 26%

€ 454.319 € 1.087.420 € 178.502 € 46.380 € 1.766.621

€ 434.183 € 1.035.192 € 202.609 € 37.466 € 1.709.450

-4% -5% 14% -19% -3%

Country 10 - Philippines Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 80.080 € 365.253 € 103.408 € 38.462 € 587.204

€ 42.422 € 315.114 € 99.536 € 60.136 € 517.209

-47% -14% -4% 56% -12%

€ 329.517 € 1.576.341 € 655.380 € 268.363 € 2.829.600

€ 296.703 € 1.646.421 € 667.893 € 218.342 € 2.829.358

-10% 4% 2% -19% 0%

Regional Asia Administration and PME Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Sub Total

€ 45.450 € 335.342 € 43.640 € 49.363 € 473.796

€ 35.433 € 315.461 € 54.956 € 41.604 € 447.454

-22% -6% 26% -16% -6%

€ 237.580 € 1.443.822 € 193.294 € 214.605 € 2.089.300

€ 211.725 € 1.459.804 € 218.242 € 173.622 € 2.063.394

-11% 1% 13% -19% -1%

Netherlands/International Administration + PME NL Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Alliance coordination PMEL Overhead recovery Sub Total

€ 171.489 € 625.295 € 14.765 € 80.442 € 264.411 € 472.668 € 1.629.070

€ 181.893 € 553.543 € 14.765 € 104.908 € 237.404 € 462.544 € 1.555.056

6% -11% 0% 30% -10% -2% -5%

€ 839.886 € 2.848.112 € 152.292 € 415.877 € 1.155.464 € 2.940.682 € 8.352.313

€ 973.329 € 2.891.679 € 96.549 € 358.725 € 1.088.591 € 2.911.292 € 8.320.164

16% 2% -37% -14% -6% -1% 0%

Grand Total

€ 8.331.977

€ 7.888.809

-5%

€41.208.757

€41.208.756

0%

Totals per Outcome Administration + PME NL Lobby & Advocacy Capacity development Knowledge and research Alliance coordination PMEL Overhead recovery Total

€ 1.124.948 € 4.521.217 € 1.322.015 € 626.718 € 264.411 € 472.668 € 8.331.977

€ 1.029.249 € 4.327.259 € 1.070.170 € 762.183 € 237.404 € 462.544 € 7.888.809

-9% -4% -19% 22% -10% -2% -5%

€ 5.104.146 € 21.303.330 € 6.882.508 € 3.822.627 € 1.155.464 € 2.940.682 € 41.208.757

€ 5.271.477 €21.869.147 € 6.828.493 € 3.239.755 € 1.088.591 € 2.911.292 €41.208.756

3% 3% -1% -15% -6% -1% 0%

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Annexe I: Theory of Change of the Girls Advocacy Alliance

Equal rights and opportunities for girls and young women

Girls and young women are economically empowered (EE) and free from all forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV) 10

Practice Change: Intergovernmental (international, regional and Dutch) bodies effectively monitor and hold national states accountable on girls’ and young women’s EE and elimination of GBV

Practice Change: Key leaders and the general public promote values, norm and practices in support of girls’ and women’s EE and elimination of GBV

Policy Change: Intergovernmental (international, regional and Dutch) bodies develop normaltive frameworks, programmes, guidelines on girls’ and young women’s EE and elimination of GBV

Practice Change: Local and national Governments effectively implement legislation and policies, and have improved practices in support of girls’ and women’s EE and elimination of GBV

Practice Change: Relevant CSOs are gender sensitive and legitimate representatives of girls’ and young women

Practice Change: Private businesses (multinationals, international, Dutch and national companies)effectively implement and monitor corporate policies in support of girls’ women’s EE and elimination of GBV

Practice Change: Dutch and multinational companies with strong CSR frameworks and regulations exert influence on local businesses (clients and contractors) for compliance with international guiding principles an standards in support of girls’ and women’s EE and elimination of GBV

Policy Change: Key leaders publicly change informal rules and customary laws in order to address GBV and EE of girls and young women

Policy Change: Political actors and public officials develop/update programmes, policies and guidelines to eliminate GBV and support EE

Policy Change: CSOs remove internal obstacles to GYW participation and adopt gender sensitive measures

Policy Change: Private sector actors develop/update programmes, corporate policies and guidelines to eliminate GBV and support EE

Policy Change: Corporate actors adopt CSR frameworks and regulations that fully recognise business responsibility for promoting children’s and women’s rights

Boys and young men able and willing to reflect on gender norms and practices

Policy Change: Political actors and public officials develop/update programmes, policies and guidelines to eliminate GBV and support EE

Role models act as champions of change, challenging existing norms and practices

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9

Private sector actors commit to take action to eliminate GBV and support EE

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8

Agenda Setting: Intergovernmental (international, regional and Dutch) bodies work with CSO networks and their monitoring data on girls’ and women’s EE and elimination of GBV

Agenda Setting: Key leaders (traditional, religious, community) and the general public recognise the importance of addressing GBV and EE of girls and young women

Agenda Setting: Political actors and public officials attach more importance to GBV and EE and enter into dialogue with CSOs

Agenda Setting: CSOs realise the importance of GYW representation and jointly put elimination of GBV and EE on the agenda of duty bearers

Agenda Setting: Private sector actors recognise their role in addressing GBV and EE and enter into dialogue with CSOs

7 6

Girls and young women: Have power to demand change 5 4

Strengthened organisational capacity of CSO partners of GAA for lobby and advocacy 2

3

Capability to act and commit: Especially represent the voices of girls and young women and engage gender champions

Capability to deliver: Make adequate use of research and monitoring data to lobby and advocate

In-country

Capability to balance diversity: Manage diverging opinions and interests and effectively engage with media

Capability to adapt and self-renew: Understand and navigate the policy environment and have access to relevant public and private decision makers

1

International

Regional

Capability to relate: Networks and alliances have a common agenda on EE and GBV

GAA NGO partners: Plan Nederland, DCI-ECPAT, Terre des Hommes MoFA/Royal Netherlands Embassies

Assumptions Theory of Change 1. CSOs, in particular girls and women’s right organisations, have long-term commitment to shape political agendas, create political will and monitor implementation.

2. Collaboration between CSOs with different mandates to fight for a common goal will strengthen each individual CSO and benefit all their constituencies 3. Use of ICT, social media and research improves the quality (relevance, urgency) of lobby and advocacy actions.

Agenda Setting: Corporate ‘forerunners’ recognise their role and become engaged to address GBV and economic exclusion; documentation of good business cases

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Assumptions Theory of Change 1.

CSOs, in particular girls and women’s right organisations, have long-term commitment to shape political agendas, create political will and monitor implementation.

2. Collaboration between CSOs with different mandates to fight for a common goal will strengthen each individual CSO and benefit all their constituencies 3. Use of ICT, social media and research improves the quality (relevance, urgency) of lobby and advocacy actions.

4. CSOs are able and willing to use increased organisational capacity fir effective lobby and advocacy actions.

5. Lobby and advocacy strategies, at all levels, have to be substantiated and supported if not carried out by a substantial part of the group they are supposed to benefit.

6. Stronger CSOs that are accountable to their constituency cannot be neglected by democratic states.

7. Stronger CSO networks ensure that the issues of Gender Based Violence and economic exclusion gain priority on the public and political agenda.

8. Involving boys and men’s organisations and traditional and religious leaders increases public awareness and norms change on Gender Based Violence.

9. Mass media reflect and sustain popular norms and values.

10. Gender Based Violence cannot be eradicated without economic empowerment.

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Annexe II: Key Learning Questions

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Issues

Learning question

Specific learning questions (proposed)

Social norms

How do gender discriminatory social norms change?

°° Which specific social norms are mostly influencing individual attitudes and behaviour towards the specific GAA issues (such as, child marriage, FGM, sexual violence, access to post-primary education and TVET, decent work and entrepreneurship) °° What is the influence of (new and traditional) media on processes of social norms change? °° What is the influence of boys and men on processes of social norms change? °° How do traditional and religious leaders become motivated to act as champions of change for social norms of gender equality?

Role of civil society

How do broad and effective civil society coalitions advocating for gender equality develop?

°° Which civil society actors are most willing and able to act as ‘convener’ of broader civil society coalitions? °° Which kind of inter-organizational structures and arrangements characterize effective civil society coalitions? °° How to involve non-traditional civil society actors (such as, religious groups) in a civil society coalition based upon a clear agenda for gender equality? °° What are the most effective responses of civil society coalitions to restrictive measures undertaken by government reducing the operating space for civil society?

GBV and economic exclusion

How can governments and private sector actors effectively integrate anti-GBV measures in economic policies and programs and vice versa?

°° What examples of effective economic policies and programmes which have in-built anti-GBV measures do we know of? °° What are the incentives for political leaders and decision-makers to integrate anti-GBV and economic empowerment measures into single laws, policies and programmes? °° What kind of economic policies and programmes offer the best opportunities for including anti-GBV issues? °° What kind of protection policies and programmes offer the best opportunities for including economic empowerment issues?

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