1. Platforms of Protection for adolescent girls/young women
Martha Brady, Population Council
Girls and HIV
AIDS2016 Satellite Session
Durban, South Africa
July 21, 2016

2. Girls’ protection strategies
Autonomy, Assets, Social Capital
Educational and Economical Opportunities
and Assets
Health Technologies & Services
Protection
Brady Conceptual Framework, © 2005 Population Council

3. Adolescent Girls’ Protection
Existing and emerging protection products for girls and young women I
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MPTs EC
OCs
Injectables
PrEP
CVR
HPV Vaccine
Menstrual
Supplies
Implants
IUDs
Condoms
(F&M)
Adolescent Girls’ Protection

4. Critical path from product development to introduction
Ensure user-perspectives and provider input at key stages along path
Brady, M., Critical Path Framework, © 2011 Population Council

5. Girls’ protection strategies: assets
What are assets and why build them?
Theory of change posits that girls’ vulnerabilities will be reduced by acquiring social assets (friends, self esteem, mentors), health assets (knowledge of health issues, access to health services), economic assets (financial planning skills, savings), and educational assets (literacy, formal schooling).
Girls can draw on these assets to reduce vulnerabilities and expand their opportunities. How does that work? For example, if a girl has her own money and a financial education (economic assets), she can avoid having to engage in risky sex for money. If she has a strong network of friends and good negotiation/communication skills, she can avoid being in a relationship that involves GBV. If she has SRH knowledge and access to family planning (health assets), she can reduce her risk of acquiring HIV and avoid an unwanted pregnancy.