2. Agenda for this webinar
Overview of the strategy development process.
Overview of the draft strategy and what we heard during consultations.
Opportunity for you to ask questions.
After the webinar, please send your feedback via the online feedback form.

3. Why does Girls Not Brides need a strategy?
Sets the direction for the Partnership’s work together.
Articulates the change we want to achieve over the next four years.
Identifies specific areas for collective action to achieve that change.

4. What is the strategy NOT?
Does not describe everything that needs to be done to end child marriage.
Does not go into the activities of individual members (e.g. programming).

5. How was this draft developed?
Comprehensive and inclusive consultation.
Girls Not Brides members were at the heart of the process.
Also consulted other partners in the movement to end child marriage.
Member Reference Group provided advice and expertise on the process and content.

6. Consultation: phase 1
Focus: reflect on our strengths / weaknesses; reflect on developments in the world; identify potential priorities.
Methods: online survey, focus groups, interviews.
350+ responses to the consultation, vast majority from Girls Not Brides members.
See report on consultations for more details. There is a link to it in the strategy.

7. Consultation: phase 2
Focus: analyse the themes from the first round; seek input on strategic and tactical questions about our future direction.
Methods: online feedback form, focus groups, interviews.
250+ responses to the consultation, vast majority by Girls Not Brides members.
Based on these inputs, we developed the draft strategy.

8. Consultation: phase 3
Focus: seeking feedback on the draft strategy – are we on the right track? Do you see your work reflected?
Methods: online feedback form. Deadline: Sunday 13 November.
Based on these inputs, we developed the draft strategy.

9. Girls Not Brides Strategy 2017-2020
Four overarching themes, integrated across the goals:
Accountability
Gender equality
Engaging all relevant actors and sectors
Youth
Accountability: All actors must hold themselves and others accountable to commitments and obligations.
Gender equality: As the underlying cause of child marriage, gender inequality must be addressed in all interventions, and programmes and policies must be gender-responsive.
Engaging all relevant actors and sectors: Efforts to address child marriage must be integrated into the work of a variety of sectors (e.g., education, justice, health) at all levels, and interventions must be multi-sectoral to succeed. Likewise, a wide range of actors have a role to play in ending child marriage. We will not succeed without the full engagement of civil society, communities, families, traditional and religious leaders, governments, donors, international organisations, youth and affected girls.
Youth: We must ensure meaningful youth participation, and call for affected girls and youth organisations to be engaged in the design and delivery of solutions.

10. Goal A: Governments
Goal: Governments take action to end child marriage and address the needs of married girls in their countries, with the active participation of civil society and other stakeholders.
What change to we want to see by the end of 2020:
Governments take action to end child marriage.
Child marriage is integrated across relevant ministries.
Civil society are key partners to gov’t efforts.
Civil society and other influential bodies hold gov’t accountable.
Key change since last strategy:
When the previous strategy was developed, our focus was on encouraging and highlighting national progress.
Since then, several countries have started to put in place national strategies to end child marriage, and we have a growing understanding of the comprehensive efforts that are necessary in a range of national contexts.
This new strategy reflects this evolution, and focuses on the role of national governments in countries with high rates of child marriage.
OUTCOMES:
Governments adopt, implement and monitor high quality national strategies, programmes and policies to achieve Target 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Governments integrate a focus on ending child marriage into the workplans and budgets of relevant ministries and departments, and ensure cross-government coordination.
Civil society organisations at all levels are working together and engaged as key partners in the development and implementation of national responses, and are able to hold their governments accountable to their commitments.
Donor governments, multilateral organisations and other agencies leverage their influence to hold governments accountable and support them to develop and fully implement strategies, programmes and policies.

11. Goal A: Governments What we heard during consultations:
Governments need to be held accountable.
Need integration across government.
Sub-national and local governments need to take action.
National-level coordination of civil society is crucial.
Roles for Girls Not Brides:
Advocacy; ensure accountability; share lessons, evidence, data; mobilise donors and multilaterals to encourage action by governments.

12. Goal B: Global
Goal: The global community champions and supports efforts to end child marriage.
What change to we want to see by the end of 2020:
Accountability for international/regional commitments.
New commitments made; existing ones strengthened.
Related sectors integrate child marriage into their work.
Global community recognises child marriage as a priority issue.
Key change since last strategy:
A significant goal in our previous strategy was to secure commitments from intergovernmental fora to work on child marriage.
With multiple significant global and regional commitments in place today, our focus now must shift towards sustaining an international and regional environment that supports their implementation at the national and community levels.
We also need to expand action to under-represented regions and sectors.
OUTCOMES:
International and regional bodies call for and enable the implementation of human rights obligations and government commitments on child marriage, and make new commitments where needed.
International institutions, partnerships, initiatives and organisations working in related sectors integrate a focus on child marriage in their work.
Media, policy-makers and thought-leaders increasingly recognise child marriage as a priority issue.
New influential champions from diverse spheres join the global movement in order to take action.

13. Goal B: Global What we heard in the consultation:
Commitments need to be implemented.
Need to engage related sectors.
Need to engage decision-makers in other regions.
Need to maintain momentum on the issue.
Roles for Girls Not Brides:
Call for accountability and encourage new commitments; continue to bring attention to child marriage; promote a nuanced narrative about child marriage.

14. Goal C: Communities
Goal: Efforts to engage communities, families and girls are supported and highlighted.
What change to we want to see by the end of 2020:
Community-level efforts are supported.
Grassroots organisations have increased capacity to engage with community stakeholders.
Community voices and perspectives are heard.
Key change since last strategy:
One of the main reasons underpinning the creation of Girls Not Brides was the recognition of the crucial role of organisations working with local communities.
We understand that the lives of girls will only improve with a change in their local context.
This strategy more explicitly highlights the importance of community-level organisations, reflecting a recurring theme in the consultations that the global movement must do more to ensure that these actors are better equipped to address child marriage.
OUTCOMES:
Policy-makers and programme designers support community-level efforts to end child marriage and address the needs of married girls.
Grassroots organisations are empowered, have increased capacity, and are working with affected and at-risk girls, traditional and religious leaders, parents, teachers, youth, men and boys, and other stakeholders to implement evidence-based approaches.
Community voices and perspectives are heard, included and valued at local, national and global levels.

15. Goal C: Communities What we heard during consultations:
Social norms change must be initiated at community level.
Community-based civil society plays a central role.
Need to support and highlight community efforts.
Need to build capacity, including access to funding.
Roles for Girls Not Brides:
Share best practice and case studies; raise community voices at national / global levels; build the capacity of grassroots organisations.

16. Goal D: Funding
Goal: More sustainable funding for effective approaches is available from a diverse range of sources, particularly for grassroots organisations.
What change to we want to see by the end of 2020:
Existing and new donors increase their funding.
Civil society (esp community-level) can access funding.
Gov’ts allocate appropriate funding to their efforts.
Related sectors integrate child marriage in their funding streams.
Key change since last strategy:
While the need for more funding for efforts to end child marriage was highlighted in the previous strategy, this is an area where significant work still remains.
In particular, the new strategy highlights the importance of resources from national governments, as well as from related sectors (e.g. education).
OUTCOMES:
Existing and new donors increase the funding available for efforts to end child marriage.
Civil society organisations, especially those working at the community level, are able to access funding to implement effective programmes to end child marriage and support married girls.
National and sub-national governments in countries with high rates of child marriage allocate appropriate funding to interventions to end child marriage.
Related sectors integrate a focus on ending child marriage in their programming, budgets and indicators.

17. Goal D: Funding What we heard during consultations:
Grassroots organisations need more funding.
Funding needs to be adequate, long-term, sustainable.
Need to engage new donors and related sectors.
Governments needs to allocate adequate funding.
Roles for Girls Not Brides:
Share funding opportunities; advocate for funding; build the public support that makes bilateral funding possible; ensure governments allocate to budget lines; engage other sectors.

18. Goal E: Learning
Goal: Efforts to end child marriage are informed by evidence and lessons learned.
What change to we want to see by the end of 2020:
Lessons and evidence are documented and shared.
Gaps in research / data about child marriage are filled.
Girls Not Brides’ collective expertise informs decision-making.
Key change since last strategy:
Since the development of the previous strategy, we have made significant advances in understanding what a comprehensive response to child marriage involves in different contexts, including through the development of the Theory of Change on child marriage in T
his new strategy focuses more on ensuring the uptake of learnings and evidence in decision-making, as well as filling learning gaps.
OUTCOMES:
Lessons learned and evidence on different strategies to end child marriage and support married girls are documented, shared widely across different contexts, and used to inform programming, policy-making and grant-making.
Gaps in research and data about child marriage are filled.
Collective expertise on child marriage generated by Girls Not Brides is widely used to inform decision-making.

19. Goal E: Learning What we heard during consultations:
Need to learn from what has worked, and what hasn’t.
Need more knowledge and evidence.
Programme, policy and funding decisions need to be based on evidence.
Roles for Girls Not Brides:
Share research, evidence and lessons learned; member-to-member learning; develop a shared understanding of promising approaches; act as a thought-leader; advocate for uptake of learnings; encourage partners to fill research gaps.

20. Goal F: Partnership
Goal: The Partnership continues to collaborate, diversify and strengthen.
What change to we want to see by the end of 2020:
Girls Not Brides members have greater impact.
Girls Not Brides members have increased capacity.
New and diverse members join the Partnership.
Girls Not Brides’ work reflects the voices of those most affected by child marriage.
OUTCOMES:
Girls Not Brides members have greater impact through joint action and through collaboration with other stakeholders.
Girls Not Brides members have increased capacity to end child marriage.
The Girls Not Brides Partnership is further strengthened by the inclusion of new and diverse members, particularly from under-represented regions, sectors and constituencies.
The governance and structures of the Partnership are inclusive and fit-for-purpose, and ensure that Girls Not Brides’ work reflects the voices of those most affected by child marriage.

21. Goal F: Partnership What we heard during consultations:
We increase our impact by working together and sharing knowledge.
National partnerships provide a key organising mechanism.
Members need to increase their capacity in certain areas.
Roles for Girls Not Brides:
Capacity building; support for national partnerships; outreach to new members; share knowledge and expertise; foster collaboration; review governance structure.

22. Girls Not Brides Strategy 2017-2020
Do you have any questions?

23. What happens next?
Send us your feedback! The online form takes just 15 minutes to complete. Deadline: Sunday 13 November. Your comments will help us refine the strategy (or know that we are on track). The Board of Trustees will formally adopt the strategy on behalf of the Partnership in December. We will launch the strategy in January 2017.

24. Thank you!