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The U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls was announced by Secretary of State John Kerry in March 2016. The strategy brings together four U.S. government agencies--the State Department (including PEPFAR), USAID, the Peace Corps, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation--to tackle barriers that keep adolescent girls from achieving their full potential.

The strategy is the first country-level strategy anywhere in the world that focuses exclusively on adolescent girls and that identifies the challenges they face worldwide. The U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls seeks to build off of the U.S.' existing framework of gender- and youth-focused policy initiatives. The objectives of the strategy including the following :
 * 1) Enhance girls' access to quality education in safe environments.
 * 2) Provide economic opportunities and incentives for girls and their families.
 * 3) Empower girls with information, skills, services, and support.
 * 4) Mobilize and educate communities to change harmful norms and practices.
 * 5) Strengthen policy and legal frameworks and accountability.