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Tanisha. Tanisha Increasing Incomes and Advancing Social Identities of Rural Adolescent Girls. Funded by: DFID/SHIREE Project Life : January 2011 – December 2013. Program Areas & Beneficiaries. Program Areas & Beneficiaries. Selection Criteria (from Shiree ). Selection Criteria.
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Tanisha Tanisha Increasing Incomes and Advancing Social Identities of Rural Adolescent Girls Funded by: DFID/SHIREE Project Life : January 2011 – December 2013
Program Areas & Beneficiaries Program Areas & Beneficiaries
Selection Criteria (from Shiree ) Selection Criteria • Owned ≤ 4 decimals of homestead and/or agricultural land including garden and/or pond • Income - generating productive assets worth < 5,000tk* • Household income ≤ 4,000tk/month • No access to, or member of, financial network, no outstanding formal credit from any MFI (exception of consumption loans for food and medical emergencies, not a member of MFI, for SCF)* • Consumed no more than 4 meals last week that included fish/meat • Household comprises at least 1 girl aged 12 – 19 (1/6/2011) * Essential
Outputs Outputs
Strategies Strategies • Community Mobilization • Peer Education • Asset Transfer
Girls’ Empowerment Equipping girls to participate in decisions that affect their lives
Girls’ Interest • Peer support • Successfully navigate with challenges of puberty • Improve health and nutrition skills • Learn how to run a business or manage money
Barriers Barriers • Jealousy within the community (not all girls get IGA inputs) • Family does not permit her attendance • Chores prevent attendance • School activities or exams interfere • Less attractive session topics
Challenges • Community misperceptions about Save the Children’s activities • Mostly remote working place and isolated beneficiaries • Enlisting participants from extremely poor families • Drop outs