Empowering Adolescent Girls during a Global Pandemic: An Initiative through the Scheme for Adolescent Girls and the Kanyashree Prakalpa Convergence (SAG-KP) Program

Children, youth and environments Pub Date : 2023-07-29 DOI:10.1353/cye.2023.a903105

A. Banerjee, Arnab Karar, Nilanjana Ghosh, I. Bhattacharyya, Santwana Adhikari

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Abstract:We discuss the shift in program modalities during COVID-19 within the Scheme for Adolescent Girls and Kanyashree Prakalpa (SAG-KP) Convergence Program in the state of West Bengal, India. Field insights as well as available program data from the Child in Need Institute's (CINI) intervention areas revealed that strict lockdowns and restricted unlocking phases during the pandemic led to changed program pathways—from offline/in-person activities to online adolescent group discussions and health message dissemination, plus counselling services through social media and telephone. Prolonged school closures impelled the adolescent girls to undertake vocational/skill-based training, including kitchen garden work to supplement their nutritional needs. The circulation of key messages through online groups also helped in preventing child marriages. Important lessons learned from the lockdown phase are that adolescent girls can benefit from regular contact and regular online/offline sessions or workshops.

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在全球大流行病期间增强少女权能:通过少女计划和Kanyashree Prakalpa融合(sagp - kp)方案提出的倡议

摘要:我们讨论了印度西孟加拉邦少女计划和Kanyashree Prakalpa (SAG-KP)融合计划在2019冠状病毒病期间项目模式的转变。实地观察以及来自贫困儿童研究所(CINI)干预领域的现有项目数据显示，大流行期间的严格封锁和限制解锁阶段导致了项目路径的改变——从线下/面对面活动到在线青少年小组讨论和健康信息传播，以及通过社交媒体和电话提供的咨询服务。学校长期关闭迫使少女接受职业/技能培训，包括厨房园艺工作，以补充她们的营养需求。通过网络团体传播关键信息也有助于防止童婚。从封锁阶段吸取的重要教训是，少女可以从定期接触和定期在线/离线会议或讲习班中受益。

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