Global Engagement Initiative

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Key Information

With the support from USAID and other foundations and private sector contributions, Half the Sky Movement Global Engagement Initiative in India and Kenya is a transmedia development alliance seeking to promote gender equality. This cutting-edge initiative seeks to disseminate Half the Sky Movement’s messages and associated transmedia tools on a national scale, conduct targeted outreach and educational sessions at the community level, and build the capacity of in-country partners to use innovative media effectively in their efforts. More specifically, programmatic objectives include: • Improve public dialogue on key gender-related concerns at a national scale • Develop the capacity of partner NGOs to sustain Half the Sky Movement transmedia, extend learning, and inspire new and innovative uses of media and technology to achieve gender equality • Foster transformational attitudinal and behavioral changes, shifting the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of target audiences and community norms where NGOs have gender-improving interventions • Nurture policy changes by encouraging global policymakers, business leaders, and influencers to advocate for institutional changes to support gender equality.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

India, Kenya

Activity URL

Not applicable or unknown

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2014 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies

Social/gender norms change

  • Media campaigns

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved critical thinking

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms