A360’s Smart Start is an intervention that uses financial planning as an entry point to engage young married couples in planning their futures and reaching financial stability, positioning contraception as a tool to achieve their self-defined goals. Smart Start supports girls aged 15-19 and their partners to understand the resources they’ll need for the families they desire. This technical brief analyzes A360’s strategy and lessons learned to date, presenting a case study of the A360 experience in Ethiopia, and offering considerations for similar AYSRH implementation in future settings.
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- Supporting Scalable, Youth-Powered Programming at the Community Level in Ethiopia: The Case of Smart Start
Supporting Scalable, Youth-Powered Programming at the Community Level in Ethiopia: The Case of Smart Start
Publication Year: 2019
Contributing Organisation: Adolescents 360 (A360),Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,Center for the Developing Adolescent,Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF),IDEO,PSI,SFH,Triggerise
Authors: Melanie Punton, Emma Mulhern, Gabrielle Appleford
Learning Themes: Adolescent Insights,Quality & Standards
Tags: Adolescence in Ethiopia, Adolescence trends globally, Adolescents 360, AYSRH, contraception use, Design, Ethiopia, Health Systems, male engagement in family planning, Research for design, Sexual and reproductive landscape in Ethiopia, Smart Start, Smart start implementation, youth advocacy, Youth powered programming at the community level
