Self-Belief
Confidence in her own abilities and worth.
AGAS: Adolescent Girls Agency Scale
In order for a girl to act to affect change in her own life she must have skills and positive beliefs.
Leadership Skills
Her ability to influence others.
Self-governance Skills
Capacity to plan, problem-solve, and manage goals.
Environmental-Beliefs
Her view on how much gender norms limit her power to make choices for her life.
The Adolescent Girls Agency Portal is a first-of-its-kind digital platform designed to measure and track how community programs impact a girl's ability to make choices and lead her own life. The portal provides organizations with data-driven tools, like the Adolescent Girls Agency Survey (AGAS), used to measure girls agency and turn girls' lived experiences into measurable evidence.
AGAS Tools & Resources
AGAS Manual
The AGAS is an assessment that measures the development of agentic capacity within girls. Specifically it is designed as a program evaluation measure that can show the impact of an organization's program on the development of girls' agentic capacity.
Overview of the AGAS
Version 1 of the AGAS Tool scientifically measures girls' agency not just what they do, but their underlying beliefs, skills, and power to influence their own lives.