Working for and with Adolescents
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Working for and with Adolescents - Some UNICEF examples February 2002 Adolescent Development and Participation Unit TABLE OF CONTENTS FORWARD .....................................................................................................................................................................................ii CASE DESCRIPTIONS BY REGION ........................................................................................................................................iii POTENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR ADOLESCENT PROGRAMMING.................................................................................iv UNICEF SUPPORTED PROJECTS WITH AND FOR ADOLESCENTS............................................................................... v SUMMARY OF LESSONS LEARNT .......................................................................................................................................... v CASE DESCRIPTIONS OF PROJECTS WITH AND FOR ADOLESCENTS ...................................................................... xi Youth Rights to Participation and Protection from HIV/AIDS, Angola...................................................................................... 1 Foundation for Disadvantaged Azeri Children and Youth, Youth Azeri Parcel Service and Child Help Line, Azerbaijan......... 7 ‘Kishori Abhijan’ An Initiative for the Empowerment of Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh ...................................................... 11 Adolescent Peer Organized Network, Bangladesh .................................................................................................................... 13 Adolescent Girls’ Programme of the Centre for Mass Education in Science (CMES), Bangladesh.......................................... 17 Children’s Advisory Committee, Belize.................................................................................................................................... 23 Participation and Development for the Citizenship for Adolescents, Brazil.............................................................................. 28 The Children’s Movement for Peace, Colombia ....................................................................................................................... 34 Pavas Health Clinic, Pavas, Costa Rica..................................................................................................................................... 42 Working with Adolescent Girls and Boys as Programme Implementers in Community Development, Maharashtra, India..... 47 Children in Conflict with the Law, Iran..................................................................................................................................... 52 Promoting Opportunities for Adolescents in Jordan.................................................................................................................. 57 Youth Participation, Kosovar Refugee Camps in Kukes, Albania............................................................................................. 62 Safe Spaces Pilot for Meeting Sexual and Social Health Needs of Young People in Crisis, Malawi........................................ 67 Special Protection Project, Mali. ............................................................................................................................................... 72 The Mekong Region STD/HIV/AIDS Project in Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. ................ 76 Youth Health and Development Programme, Namibia ............................................................................................................. 85 “My Future Is My Choice” Life Skills Programme, Namibia ................................................................................................... 91 Water and Environmental Sanitation Programme, Nigeria........................................................................................................ 96 The Girl Child Project, Pakistan................................................................................................................................................ 99 Children in Need of Special Protection, Philippines................................................................................................................ 104 HIV/AIDS Prevention in Romania.......................................................................................................................................... 113 Project on Street Children in Moscow, Russia ........................................................................................................................ 121 Children's Workbook on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Somalia........................................................................ 130 Self-documenting Photography Project, Somalia .................................................................................................................... 134 Adolescent Friendly Health Services, Uganda ........................................................................................................................ 137 The Programme on Young People's Health and Development, Ukraine ................................................................................. 145 Voices of Youth....................................................................................................................................................................... 156 Programming for Young People in Zimbabwe........................................................................................................................ 160 Template.................................................................................................................................................................................. 166 Forward We are pleased to share with you the experiences of our colleagues from 22 UNICEF offices in working for and with adolescents. As you see the experiences are drawn from countries covering all regions. We believe that these experiences offer a fascinating glimpse of the work in the area of adolescent development and participation, which is recognized as a vital crosscutting component of our planned interventions in all the organizational priorities within the MTSP, 2002-2005. What is interesting in this tapestry of experiences are the common threads that run through many of the case descriptions. The critical importance of the participation of adolescents themselves is a vital element to the success of the interventions. The need to work with families, parents and communities to create a supporting environment through interventions which ensure sustainability and impact is another lesson which is learned. Through these case descriptions the importance of making strategic choices in the identification of appropriate partners also becomes clear. I would like to acknowledge the contribution of country offices in selecting the case studies and of Nicolette Moodie in compiling them and drafting the summary that precedes the cases. We hope that in your plans for work with adolescents you will find these cases helpful and relevant. Christine Norton Senior Adviser Adolescent Development and Participation Unit. - ii - CASE DESCRIPTIONS BY REGION The Americas and the Caribbean Belize: Children's Advisory Committee Brazil: Participation and Development for the Citizenship of Adolescents Colombia: The Children's Movement for Peace Costa Rica: Pavas Health Clinic (adolescent pregnancy) Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) Azerbaijan: Foundation for Disadvantaged Azeri Children and Youth Kosovo: Youth Participation, Refugee Camps, Kukes, Albania Romania: HIV/AIDS prevention and monitoring Russia: Project on Street Children in Moscow Ukraine: Programme on Young People's Health and Development East Asia and the Pacific Mekong Region: STDs/HIV/AIDS (multi-country project) Philippines: Young People in Crisis Eastern and Southern Africa Angola: Youth Rights to Participation and Protection from HIV/AIDS Malawi: Safe Spaces Pilot for Meeting Sexual and Social Health Needs of Young People in Crisis Namibia: Youth Health and Development Programme Namibia: My Future My Choice Somalia: CRC Children's Workbook Somalia: Self-documenting photography project Uganda: Basic Education, Child Care and Adolescent Development (BECCAD), with a particular focus on Adolescent Friendly Health Services (AFHS) Zimbabwe: Programming for Young People Middle East and North Africa Iran: Children in Conflict with the Law Jordan: Promoting Opportunities for Adolescents in Jordan South Asia Bangladesh: Kishori Abhijan’ An initiative for the empowerment of adolescent girls, with case descriptions of two subprojects: • Adolescent Girls’ Programme of the Centre for Mass Education in Science (CMES) • Adolescent Peer Organized Network India: Working with Adolescent Girls and Boys as Programme Implementers in Community Development Pakistan: Girl Child Project West and Central Africa Mali: Special Protection Project Nigeria: WES in schools GLOBAL Voices of Youth - iii - POTENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR ADOLESCENT PROGRAMMING National Planning School-based Youth-Friendly NGOs, Peers and Parents News and and Policies Interventions Health Services Entertainment Media Belize: Children's Mekong Region: Costa Rica: Pavas Angola: Youth Rights to Angola: Youth Advisory STDs/HIV/AIDS Health Clinic Participation and Rights to Committee Nigeria: WES in Namibia: Youth Protection from HIV/AIDS Participation