Tipping Point: Facilitator's Manual for Girls Collectives (Bangladesh)

CARE’s Tipping Point initiative, with the generous support of The Kendeda Fund, focuses on addressing the root causes of child, early and forced marriage (CEFM), by promoting the rights of adolescent girls through community level programming and evidence generation in Nepal and Bangladesh, and multi-level advocacy and cross- learning efforts across the globe. 

Tipping Point’s approach is rooted in challenging social expectations and repressive norms and promoting girl-driven movement building and activism. These components are designed to help adolescent girls find and collectively step into spaces to reflect on and tackle inequality. This Facilitator's Manual for Girls' Collectives has been designed for adolescent girls aged 12 to under-16 in Bangladesh at the time of baseline. The core intervention package spans 18 months, consisting of 45 sessions in total, e.g., no more than one session a week and not overlapping with national holidays, school exams, and other context-related events. In addition to the sessions in this manual, the girls' intervention package includes Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) sessions and a girls' activist training