Navigating Adolescence: Partnerships with Faith Actors


July 6, 2023

CCIH was a cosponsor along with the Faith to Action Network, the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), UNFPA, FP2030, the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD), and World Vision of a side event on engaging faith communities in adolescent reproductive health at the...

by Kathy Erb

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Lessons from Partnering with Faith-Based Organizations in Very Young Adolescent Programming


June 23, 2023

This technical report shows how faith-based organizations LAMB and World Renew, with support from USAID’s MOMENTUM, have demonstrated the potential of community-based organizations to meaningfully address harmful attitudes on gender and sexual and reproductive health, as well as, behaviors, and norms among very young adolescents (VYA), their families,...

by Kathy Erb

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Strengthening Very Young Adolescents in Gender Equality in Bangladesh


June 23, 2023

This peer-reviewed field report published in May 2023 in the Christian Journal for Global Health features the story of a young girl in Bangladesh who gained the confidence to refuse early marriage thanks to a program operated by faith-based organizations with funding from USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global...

by Kathy Erb

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Improving health and gender equality among very young adolescents: Harnessing the power of FBOs


January 1, 2022

In this webinar sponsored by USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership we explored how two faith-based organizations in Bangladesh implemented gender transformative approaches to improve health and gender equality among very young adolescents (VYAs), their families, and communities. Representatives from World Renew and LAMB shared their experiences implementing...

by hopsie

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