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MGE and Safeguarding

‘Nothing about her without her’ is the motto here! We strive to walk the talk by ensuring that adolescent girls have a permanent seat at decision-making tables, and are supported in their engagements. We centre agency, well-being, autonomy, and safety. We do this together with adolescent girls as partners and collaborators, and we can support you in doing this well, too.

AGIP views meaningful girl engagement (MGE) as a dynamic process. We continuously strive to do better and have intentionally shifted our girl-engagement approach from consultation to co-creation. Safeguarding, co-creation, collective action, and capacity strengthening form the foundation of our collaboration efforts with adolescent girls. Together, we work to ensure that adolescent girls are on the agenda and at the table of key global advocacy and policy platforms, like Generation Equality Forum, to increase evidence-informed, holistic investments into their futures.

Top tips for meaningful engagement with adolescent girls

Girls as the centre, every step of the way

Appropriate resources and support

Prioritise safeguarding

Share power

Focus on capacity strengthening, including that of adult stakeholders

October 9, 2025

GIRLS’ LEADERSHIP IN ACTION: Celebrations and Lessons From AGIP’s First Adolescent Girls Advisory Committee 

MGE and Safeguarding, Stay Updated

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.

It 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. It calls on all allies for girls’ rights to champion intergenerational leadership by creating meaningful spaces—such as Advisory Bodies—where girls can actively shape the policies, programs, and interventions that impact their lives.

We hope reading this handbook brings you as much insight and inspiration as we found in creating it together.

This Handbook is available in English, Spanish, and French.