In the second phase of the Ab Meri Baari campaign, 150 trained adolescent girls led various initiatives to create a nation-wide movement for raising awareness on adolescent priorities such as education, nutrition, health, sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), skilling, safety and creation of agency for empowerment. Tools like village mapping sheets, social audits and plans for community meetings were created with the help of partner NGOs, academics and researchers.
The data generated from these social audits was analyzed and presented to government officials at district, state and national levels, community leaders, peers via open letters, one-on-one meetings, open mic sessions and a bus tour.

These 60 girl champions will further train 300 other girl champions based on the skills learned by them under the ‘Ab Meri Baari’ campaign. These skills include assessing government services, engaging with different stakeholders, conducting social audits, public speaking, analysing data and presenting recommendations to their local administration, and working on implementing these recommendations in partnership with relevant people.
Over 200 letters expressing their challenges were shared with local government authorities, on-ground workers and community leaders!
The recommendations from the girl champions come at a crucial time as the government representatives recognize the high rates of teenage pregnancies and child marriages in Jharkhand as a cause for concern.

​National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data shows that 17.8% of adolescent girls in Jharkhand got married before the legal age, higher than the national
average of 11.9%. Young mothers and girls who are married before 18 are at a high risk of violence, deprivation, malnutrition and death related to childbirth. The children born to young mothers also have lower chances of survival.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIELD

Girls from Rajasthan and Jharkhand identify issues and service delivery mechanisms through a participatory research methodology to develop the social audit tool. 
Girl champion leads conversation on early marriage and pregnancy in a kishore kishori samooh. 
2 girl champions engage with a Mahila Mandal to discuss accessibility, accountability and regularity of sexual and reproductive health services. They also discuss the demands of the community
Girl champions participate in the social audit and letter writing training workshop in Jharkhand and Rajasthan. 
Girl champions conduct social mapping of their village to identify some of the most vulnerable households. 
Girl champions interview the BDO of Thetaitangar block, Simdega. Also present were the ICDS supervisors.

#AbMeriBaari

किशोरों द्वारा गाए गए #अब मेरी बारी की धुन 
(Songs from the community) 

Kishore Kishori Samooh in Dugni village of Saraikela district sing an empowerment anthem: "Dariya kasam, maujon ki kasam, yen tana bana badlega" (I swear by the river, I swear by the waves, things will have to change.)
A field facilitator from Rajasthan composes a song on the adolescent themes that the campaign focuses on: "Ab hai meri baari, sahyog sabhi ka ho" (Now it's my turn, I need everyone to cooperate and support.) 
Photo Credit: Abhijeet Chanda, CINI
स्वास्थय का हो मुद्दा 
या हो शिक्षा, सुरक्षा और अधिकार 
करेंगे जागरूक हर बाड़ी-क्यारी 
समय है हमारा, है अब मेरी बारी 

जाकर हम दफ्तर सरकारी 
करेंगे हर शंका से दूरी 
पढ़ेंगे-लिखेंगे बनेंगे अफसर-अधिकारी 
समय है हमारा, है अब मेरी बारी 

कर अपने अधिकारों का उपयोग 
बढ़ चलेंगे प्रगति की और 
होंगे सशक्त हर किशोर किशोरी 
समय है हमारा, है अब मेरी बारी 

न होने देंगे अब कोई शोषण 
बन जायेंगे इतने सक्षम 
होंगे हम हर ज़ुल्म पे भारी
समय है हमारा, है अब मेरी बारी 

हो सबका समग्र विकास 
फैले हर तरफ हर्षोउल्लास 
स्वस्थ रहे हर बचा, नर, नारी 
समय है हमारा, है अब मेरी बारी 

- ​समरीन (सीनी) 
Song written and composed by Abhijeet Kumar of Saathealth for #AbMeriBaari