Harmful Practices - Project Brief
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The document outlines the STAR initiative's efforts to combat child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) through evidence generation, synthesis, and use. It highlights the need for a solid evidence base to inform effective programs and policies aimed at improving girls' lives, offering support to practitioners and policymakers. STAR provides comprehensive technical research assistance, including methodological expertise, capacity-building workshops, and guidance on research gaps in thematic areas related to children's rights and gender protection.
Harmful Practices - Project Brief
- 1. INFORMATIONAL BRIEF Harmful Practices How can evidence accelerate action to end child marriage and female genital mutilation?
- 2. We conduct evidence reviews to answer critical questions and identify research gaps. Ending child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) requires a robust evidence base to inform programmes and policies that will improve girls' lives. Through comprehensive technical research support and coordination, STAR catalyses efforts to generate, synthesize, and utilise the highest quality evidence for action. INFORMATIONAL BRIEF The team We build capacity to support practitioners and policymakers in accessing and using evidence. The STAR team offers in-depth methodological and subject matter expertise to UNICEF and UNFPA regional and country offices supported by the UNICEF-UNFPA Global Programme to End Child Marriage and the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation. Thematic areas include: child marriage, female genital mutilation, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, social norms, social protection, gender and child protection. STAR provides support across all phases of the research process from research design to dissemination and uptake. Support includes: Contact Info Erin K. Fletcher efletcher@unicef.org Manahil Siddiqi msiddiqi@unicef.org The Strategic Technical Assistance for Research (STAR) Initiative Generate data and evidence Synthesize evidence Promote use and uptake of evidence Approach The STAR Initiative has three areas of focus: evidence generation, synthesis, and uptake. STAR Technical Coordinators Satvika Chalasani Senior Technical Specialist (UNFPA) chalasani@unfpa.org Ramya Subrahmanian Chief, Child Protection and Child Rights rsubrahmanian@unicef.org Evidence Impact Rigour Reach We provide comprehensive technical research support to Global and Joint Programme country and regional offices. Strategic guidance on research gaps and priorities Technical literature reviews and analysis Study design (impact evaluations, intervention effectiveness, mixed methods, and more) Capacity-building workshops and learning sessions for convenings Guidelines and tools to inform research approaches and methods (FGM Research) (Child Marriage Research) generating quality evidence. ensuring evidence availability and use across places and populations. Responsiveness aswering the relevant questions in local, national and global contexts.