GLOBAL PROGRAMME TO ACCELERATE ACTION TO END CHILD MARRIAGE PHASE II DESIGN WORKSHOP REPORT The Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage is generously funded by the Governments of Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the European Union, and Zonta International. #ENDChildMarriage © United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) April 2019 This meeting report was written by Martha Nelems with input from Joachim Theis and Claudia Lo Forte of Child Frontiers and from staff in the Global Programme Support Unit. Front cover: © UNICEF/UN0215358/Vishwanathan Pictures in the report: © Noor Qureshi/ Aslam Khan Contents Abbreviations ..................................................................... 5 DayDAY 6 6 32 Introduction ......................................................................... 6 How can we make better use of monitoring and evaluation to measure progress and refine programmes? ................................................... 33 DayDAY 1 1 8 Using qualitative research to inform Welcome by UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women .. 9 programming, monitor progress and measure change ............................................................ 34 Voices of agents of change .....................................10 Talk show with Indian state representatives .... 11 NextNEXT Steps STEPS 36 Panel discussions with stakeholders ...................12 ANNEXES annex 37 DayDAY 2 2 13 ANNEX 1: Regional offices side-meeting ............ 38 Child marriage programming 2.0 ............................14 ANNEX 2: Mixed group work on knowledge management in the Global Programme ................. 39 Insights from global research on child marriage ............................................................................16 Learning approach .............................................................39 Common narrative .............................................................39 Knowledge management in the Global Programme ........................................................................18 Visibility and branding .......................................................40 ANNEX 3: Regional group work on what we DayDAY 3 3 19 are learning about what works and does not What are we learning about what works work in the Global Programme ..................................41 and does not work in the Global Programme? 20 East and Southern Africa ................................................. 41 Middle East and North Africa ........................................ 41 Gender transformative programming ...................21 South Asia ........................................................................... 42 Day 4 23 DAY 4 West and Central Africa ................................................... 42 Experiences in multisectoral work to ANNEX 4: Mixed group discussions on address child marriage ................................................24 gender transformation .................................................. 44 Experiences in scaling up in the Global OUTCOME 1: Adolescent girl empowerment Programme ....................................................................... 26 through life skills programmes – Nepal ..................44 OUTCOME 1: Adolescent girl empowerment Achievements and challenges in through life skills programmes – Sierra Leone .....45 programming on child marriage in humanitarian settings ................................................. 27 OUTCOME 2: Community-level gender norm change – Mozambique ................................................45 DayDAY 5 5 29 OUTCOME 2: Community-level gender norm change – Niger ..............................................................46 Using the Global Programme’s theory of OUTCOME 3: System strengthening for change and the results framework to shape adolescent girls (education system) – India ..........46 programming .................................................................. 30 3 GLOBAL PROGRAMME TO ACCELERATE ACTION TO END CHILD MARRIAGE: PHASE II DESIGN WORKSHOP REPORT OUTCOME 3: System strengthening for adolescent girls (child protection system) – Ethiopia ............................................................................ 47 OUTCOME 3: System strengthening for adolescent girls (health system) – Uganda ............ 47 OUTCOME 4: Legal and policy frameworks (national action plans and strategic frameworks) – Ghana and Bangladesh ...................48 11 OUTCOME 4: Legal and policy frameworks (national action plans and strategic frameworks) – Burkina Faso ......................................48 ANNEX 5: Regional working group discussions on experiences in multisectoral work ..................................................................................... 50 East and Southern Africa ................................................50 Middle East and North Africa ........................................50 South Asia ...........................................................................50 West and Central Africa ................................................... 51 ANNEX 6: Regional working group discussions on experiences in scaling up ......... 53 East and Southern Africa .................................................53 South Asia ...........................................................................53 West and Central Africa ...................................................53 31 ANNEX 7: Country-level group work on contextualized theory of change .......................... 55 Bangladesh ..........................................................................55 Burkina Faso ........................................................................56 Ethiopia .................................................................................56 Ghana .................................................................................... 57 India ....................................................................................... 57 Mozambique ........................................................................59 Nepal .....................................................................................60 Niger ......................................................................................60 Sierra Leone ....................................................................... 61 Uganda ..................................................................................62 Yemen ...................................................................................63 Zambia ..................................................................................64 35 4 GLOBAL PROGRAMME TO ACCELERATE ACTION TO END CHILD MARRIAGE: PHASE II DESIGN WORKSHOP REPORT Abbreviations APRO Asia and the Pacific Regional Office MENARO Middle East and North Africa Regional Office ASRO Arab States Regional Office NGO non-governmental organization C4D communication for development ROSA Regional Office South Asia ESARO East and Southern Africa Regional Office SDG Sustainable Development Goal GAGE Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence SRH sexual and reproductive health Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child TOC theory of change GP Marriage UN United Nations GPSU Global Programme Support Unit UNDP United Nations Development Programme HIV human immunodeficiency virus UNFPA United Nations Population Fund ICRW International Center for Research on Women UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund ILO International Labour Organization United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the UN Women M&E monitoring and evaluation Empowerment of Women MENA Middle East and North Africa WCARO West and Central Africa Regional Office WHO World Health Organization 5 GLOBAL PROGRAMME TO ACCELERATE ACTION TO END CHILD MARRIAGE: PHASE II DESIGN WORKSHOP REPORT Introduction The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United These themes were chosen by the Global Programme Support Unit Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Entity (GPSU) and confirmed as priorities for discussion at the workshop for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN after a brief consultation process led by Child Frontiers with key Women) organized a design workshop for discussion on Phase actors in UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women, and with external II of the Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child stakeholders such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Marriage (GP), in Jaipur, India, 18–23 February 2019. researchers. In addition to preparing country/regional reports, each team was also asked to jointly prepare a visual presentation in order In preparation for the workshop, each of the UNFPA, UNICEF to share their collective work and learning from the GP with others and UN Women country and regional teams responsible for in a ‘world café’ format during the workshop. the implementation of the GP were asked to jointly prepare a short document on the main themes of the workshop: gender Throughout the report, please find this 'home' symbol in the top right corner of each page. By clicking on transformation, multi-sectoral approaches, scaling up, measuring this symbol, you will automatically be taken back to the list of contents. outcomes and the theory of change (TOC) and results framework. 6 GLOBAL PROGRAMME TO ACCELERATE ACTION TO END CHILD MARRIAGE: PHASE II DESIGN WORKSHOP REPORT The objectives of this workshop were to: The following report is a summary of the presentations, panel discussions