Donor Roundtable—Sustaining Progress: Investing in adolescent girls amidst global challenges

The Coalition for Adolescent Girls (CAG) in collaboration with Akili Dada convened a virtual donor roundtable on ‘Sustaining Progress: Investing in adolescent girls amidst global challenges’, on June 4, 2025. The purpose of the roundtable was to assess the impact of recent funding freezes and policy shifts, explore sustainable financing solutions, and reaffirm a shared commitment to the rights and well-being of adolescent girls. The event brought together funders, CAG members, and partners for a strategic dialogue on sustaining and strengthening existing investments. We anticipate that this convening will lead to renewed stakeholder commitments to sustained, impactful support for adolescent girls’ programs and policies. 
 

Please see the links below:

• Webinar Recording
• Slide Deck

We are excited to share a new knowledge brief capturing key insights from this year’s virtual donor roundtable on adolescent girls, hosted by CAG and Akili Dada.

Amid funding freezes, shifting policies, and widening global crises, the roundtable convened funders, grassroots organizations, young women advocates, youth leaders, and global experts for a much-needed conversation. Together, we reflected on emerging funding trends, the lived experiences of adolescent girls, and the urgent actions required to keep girls at the center of global development priorities.

The brief outlines learnings and actionable recommendations shared by the speakers to guide future investments, including the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration, longer-term flexible funding, evidence-driven girl centered models, and locally led accountability mechanisms to address the current crisis. 

📘 Read the full knowledge brief here: Sustaining Progress—Investing in Adolescent Girls Amidst Global Challenges: Learnings from a donor roundtable

Speakers and facilitators:

• Event hosts: Akili Dada and CAG (Co-chaired by Population Council GIRL Center and BRAC) 

Speakers from:

• Gender and Adolescence Global Evidence (GAGE)
• Girl champions from Turkiye (Suna Daughters), Tanzania (BRAC), and Uganda (BRAC)
• Girls First Fund, Guatemala
• Global Fund for Children
• Great Ladies Organization
• IYAFP and We Trust Youth
• UNICEF
• Kenya Female Advisory Organization (KEFEADO)
• We are Purposeful