Girls for a Change

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Outcomes

The following are results from a longitudinal study. Girls for a Change girls who are a part of GFC Girl Action Teams as compared to girls not in the program showed the following:
  • Girls have access to a positive caring adults, their GFC Coaches
  • Girls receive encouragement and support from an adult, for instance Coaches invite girls to take on leadership roles
  • Girls realize that the skills they are learning through GFC can translate to their own lives and realize they can create change for themselves (self-efficacy)
Girl Evaluation Highlights
Program Goal 1: By the end of the 8 month program, all GFC girl participants will increase their self-efficacy, defined as: one’s belief that they can accomplish their goals.
  • 94% of GFC girls agreed that despite the fact that creating changes in a community is challenging, they know they can create change (this is a 4% increase from the previous year!)

Program Goal 2: By the end of the 8 month program, all GFC girls will feel increased adult support and positive adult role modeling.

  • 87% of GFC girls believe their GFC Coaches (the women volunteers who work with Girl Action Teams) care about what they are doing
  • 94% of girls in GFC agreed that GFC affiliated women are change agents 

Program Goal 3: By the end of the 8 month program, all GFC girls will report being part of a positive peer group in their GFC team, where they feel comfortable and supported.

  • 93% of girls in GFC agreed they work well with their GFC teams.
  • 90% of girls participating in GFC will report that they feel comfortable and relaxed working with other girls (this is a 10% increase from the previous year)

Program Goal 4: By the end of the 8 month program, all GFC girls will learn skills in public speaking, problem solving and how to effectively work with a team through their GFC experience. 

  • 76% of girls on GFC teams agreed they can plan, lead and implement a project.
  • 80% said they had done public speaking or a group presentation
  • 46% said they led part of a meeting
  • 23% said they raised money for their project
  • More than half of girls said they had led part of their project or completed a project plan

Program Goal 5: By the end of the 8 month program, all GFC girls will have knowledge about ways to create social change as it relates to their GFC project and in their life outside GFC. 

  • 72% believed they could fix the problems in their communities
  • More than 90% of girls also reported that they know they have choices about what happens to them in life and that they can make positive changes in their personal lives

Program Goal 6: By the end of the 8 month program, all GFC girls will report explicit awareness of the transferability of the skills learned in GFC – such as public speaking, problem solving and working with a team - to other life situations and contexts. 

  • 90% of girls in GFC agreed that if they can make changes in their community that they can make changes in their own lives
  • 75% of girls reported they can speak up when things are bothering them

Program Goal 7: By the end of the 8 month program, all GFC girls will have utilized and will have continuing access to a new network of diverse peers and adults.

  • 80% of girls in GFC reported that they feel comfortable talking to someone who is not like them
  • 78% of girls in GFC reported they met girls and women in GFC they would have not met otherwise

Additional Results:

  • 83% of girls reported understanding how social change happens
  • 66% of girls reported that they have changed in a positive way since joining GFC
GFC's Impact