Girls Advocacy and Leadership Series (GALS)

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Key Information

Started in 2010, the Girls Advocacy and Leadership Series (GALS) is a program of WCI that combines all of our program themes to empower disenfranchised teenage girls with the skills and support to be confident leaders in their communities. Over the course of 18 weeks, program participants at our partner schools gain life skills, learn from local women leaders, and create and implement community service projects. GALS has—for more than ten years—sought to equip teenage girls with the skills, confidence, and connections needed to take on leadership roles. 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

North America

United States of America

Activity URL

https://www.womenscampaigninternational.org/what-we-do/gals/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2010 -

Partner(s)

The School District of Philadelphia 

Winam-Green Ventures (WGV)

Ukani Malawi

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

The Philadelphia Foundation 

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Empowerment

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

13 - 17

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Upper primary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs
  • Digital skills/literacy (including coding)

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
  • Teachers as mentors

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
  • Public-private partnerships

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training

School-related gender-based violence

  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
  • Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students

Social/gender norms change

  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns
  • Work with community leaders
  • Work with religious leaders

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training
  • Self-help groups (financial, including savings and credit groups)

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved health - other
  • Improved mental health
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills