The inclusion of adolescent girls is at the very centre of our work and prioritised within our coalition structure. We established AGIP’s Adolescent Girls’ Advisory Committee (AGAC) in 2023 to share decision-making power within AGIP. Committee members inform the work of AGIP at all levels and have the opportunity to collectively decide how they would like to engage with AGIP’s governance process and Board.
On the International Youth Day 2025, AGIP launched the AGAC Handbook that captures key celebrations, lessons, and insights from AGIP’s first Adolescent Girls Advisory Committee (AGAC), with the hope of inspiring more organisations to embed girl-centered decision-making at the heart of their work. This handbook was co-created by AGIP Cohort 1 Girl Advisors Darshana, Jaliyah, Luisa, Misati, Nhi, Paola, Rushna, Vanessa, and Ximena, together with AGIP’s Youth Engagement and Advocacy Specialist, Pooja. We hope reading this handbook brings you as much insight and inspiration as we found in creating it together.
Applications for the second cohort of AGAC are now open!
AGIP is inviting applications for its second cohort of Adolescent Girls Advisory Committee to share decision-making power with adolescent girls. Please review all documents in this folder thoroughly for all information related to eligibility guidelines, Terms of Reference, application process, Frequently Asked Questions, etc.
For more questions, please register for the Information session on 24th August, Sunday, 14:00-15:30 BST, 90 minutes, Virtual on Zoom. In this meeting, we will share key information about the AGAC Cohort 2 application, provide a space for interested applicants to ask questions directly to AGIP staff and hear from cohort 1 Girl Advisors.
Our Girl Advisors
Vanessa
Cameroon
I’m passionate about girls’ education in crises. I look forward to achieving knowledge and contributing on the plight of girls in the crises zone like my country.
Shian
Kenya
I’m passionate about girls’ leadership and sexual reproductive health and rights. I look forward to being empowered and mentored to own spaces and also speak up for other girls.
Paola
Nicaragua
I’m passionate about working for menstrual education for girls. I look forward to developing my leadership, meet other young women leaders globally and learn from their experiences.
Darshana
Nepal
I’m passionate about adolescent girls’ wellbeing. I look forward to learning, living, and co-creating a place where adolescent girls are heard and included in decision-making spaces in a practical manner.
Misati
Kenya
I’m passionate about adolescent girls sexual and reproductive health and rights. I look forward to advocating for change and empowering more adolescent girls.
Rushna
Pakistan
I’m passionate about adolescent rights, inclusion of persons with disabilities specially girls with disabilities, and animal rights. I look forward to recording the voices of adolescent girls through policy and projects.
Ximena
Peru
I’m passionate about sexual and reproductive health and rights. I look forward to being among such wonderful people and getting to exchange different points of views.
Elizabeth
Kenya
I’m passionate about period poverty. I look forward to networking, learning more, being able to represent girls’ voices more, getting to know more from all the girl advisors and AGIP in general.
Nhi
Vietnam
I’m passionate about gender equality, quality education, diversity, and inclusion. I look forward to bringing my voice to help promote gender equality around the world.
Farida
Mali
I’m passionate about the empowerment of young girls, female leadership, keeping young girls in school, and mother and child health. I look forward to training myself in the different areas that other girls deal with in their countries, to learn and above all share my experience.
Jaliyah
Barbados
I’m passionate about providing better access to healthcare, housing, food security and education for marginalised groups, including animals. I hope to see all of us (in AGAC) being able to hone our expertise and advance global development for the communities we care about.
Luisa
Mexico
I am passionate about Governance with a youth perspective and Sexual and Reproductive Rights. I am looking forward to the effective participation of young people in every organisation and decision-making process.