Type of Review: Annual Review Project Title: Leadership for Change Date started: October 2013 Date review undertaken: January 2014 Introduction and Context What support is the UK providing? The Department for International Development (DFID) is providing up to £4.5 million for the Leadership for Change Programme (LFC) over three years (2012-2015) to help girls and women in a number of DFID’s priority countries to have greater leadership and participation in decision-making at all level of society and in all aspect of their lives; and to act as agents of positive change for girls and women and the poorest of the poor in their communities, countries and at the global level.
What are the expected results? The ‘outcome’ of the Leadership for Change Programme is increased leadership of girls and women in formal and informal political and community decision-making processes. The ‘impact’ to which LFC will contribute is the increased provision and take up of services by girls and women in a number of DFID priority countries. LFC has four components, each delivering an ‘output’ of the Programme: 1. Increased number of women leaders supported through targeted interventions to increase capacity, connections and leadership skills. The Vital Voices Lead Fellowship Programme will create and support a global network of 300 emerging and established women leaders in the global south, who are working on issues related to the economic empowerment of girls and women, gender based violence and cultural practice that are harmful to girls and women (such as early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting). A range of online and face-to-face professional development activities are provided based on needs assessments completed by participants. 2. Adolescent girls and young women provided with the means to develop their leadership skills and challenge gender norms. The Women Win Building Young Women’s Leadership through Sport Programme will support over 24,000 adolescent girls and young women to increase their confidence, knowledge and leadership skills through participation in sports, life-skills education, mentoring and digital storytelling. 3. Increase the evidence base on approaches for sustainable long term attitudinal and behaviour change towards gender equality among boys and men. 4. Increase the evidence base on approaches to increase girls’ and women’s voice and leadership in decision making processes at all levels, including in formal political processes and fora. Outputs 3 and 4 will identify and address evidence gaps and opportunities for lesson learning in these areas and provide evidence and learning products including literature reviews and case studies that will be used to strengthen policy and programmes in these areas. The products will be global public goods for use by the wider development community as well as DFID.