Welcome to the Girl Shine online training for group settings!

The International Rescue Committee is delighted to present Girl Shine - a program model and resource package that seeks to support, protect, and empower adolescent girls in humanitarian settings. Girl Shine has been designed to help contribute to the improved prevention of and response to violence against adolescent girls in humanitarian settings, by providing them with skills and knowledge to identify types of GBV and seek support services if they experience or are at risk of GBV. Additionally, Girl Shine aims to build the social assets of girls to ensure they have someone they can turn to if they experience or are threatened by GBV. Girl Shine supports adolescent girls as they navigate a safe and healthy transition into adulthood, protected from GBV, supported by their caregivers and peers and able to claim their full rights. Girl Shine provides adolescent girls with life skills that strengthen their social and emotional learning and information on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, critical to making healthy decisions.

The Girl Shine training consists of four modules and is designed to be completed in a group setting. Group facilitators should first complete the self-study version of this training to familiarize themselves with the material.

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Is this course for me?

The training has been designed for GBV practitioners who intend to set up Girl Shine in their area of operation or are already implementing Girl Shine, but want to refresh their knowledge on the Girl Shine program model and resource package.  It includes printout resources, quizzes, and group reflection activities. This training does not replace the full Girl Shine training package which must be completed before implementing the Girl Shine curriculum.


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How will I benefit from this course?
On completion of this course you will:

  • Understand the Girl Shine program model and theory of change
  • Know how to assess and design the Girl Shine intervention based on your context
  • Understand the Girl Shine implementation and close out process  


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How long will it take?
 This course should take you around 2-3 hours to complete.

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How much does it cost?
 This course is free!

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Will I get a certificate at the end?
 Yes - you will be able to download a completion certificate once you have completed all of the modules within the course.

The word START and a question mark in a circleHow do I start?
 Scroll to the top of the page and click on the       Join course       button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.


Data protection and consent

This course was created and is administered by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). By joining this course you are consenting to the IRC being given access to your Kaya profile information, including your name and email address, so that they can provide the course. This may require them to contact you. Your data will be anonymised before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If you have any questions about this, please email Learning@rescue.org.