Enhancing protection from violence and abuse for girls and vulnerable young women across the Adamawa and Yobe states, Northeast Nigeria. ltpgtPlan and Taimako Community Development Initiative our national Partner under this call will deliver a 12-month protection intervention that contributes to envelope 1: Underfunded Sector Area-Based Protection Response. Plan Nigeria and Partner will seek to ensure the protection and safety of girls and vulnerable women through existing and innovative approaches that incorporate nutrition and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights as key drivers for girls' and women’s safety, protection, and development. To contribute to the protection of girls and vulnerable women, Plan Nigeria and Partner will endeavor to achieve two outcomes:  ltbrgtOutcome 1: Survivors of child abuse and GBV receive the best quality age and gender-appropriate protection services available to enable their rehabilitation and reintegration.ltbrgtPlan and  TCDI will recruit and train Caseworkers across the three LGAs in Yobe and Adamawa. These caseworkers will be supported to deliver quality gender and age-appropriate case management services to survivors of abuse and GBV as well as other vulnerable girls and women. Plan Nigeria will work with service providers to enable them to support survivors' rehabilitation and reintegration at the community level. Plan will work with service providers through training and technical support to raise awareness and improve capacities around adolescent and gender-responsive survivor-centered services. ltbrgtOutcome 2:  Girls (10-17) and vulnerable Women (18-29 years) are supported to build resilience to protection risks and are empowered to make decisions over their lives. Plan and TCDI will seek to deliver on this outcome in three LGAs across Yobe and Adamawa states including Bade, Jakusko, and Hong LGAs. To achieve this outcome, Plan and Partner will train facilitators at the community level to provide Psychosocial Support to women and girls and also deliver positive parenting sessions and life skills sessions to adolescent girls and their parents/caregivers. ltbrgtThrough a third outcome Plan and TCDI will demonstrate how effective community-based nutrition interventions can also contribute to protection and safety, especially for adolescent girls and vulnerable women. : Outcome 3: Communities support healthy nutrition and care for women, children, and adolescents, with a focus on mothers, including adolescent mothers.ltbrgtPlan International Nigeria will implement nutrition interventions in Jakusko LGA in Yobe State to improve the nutritional status of children, particularly girls, adolescents, and women. These interventions will focus on the provision of maternal infant and young child nutrition promotion and support services provided through social and behavioral change communication on MIYCN, health education, GE, SGBV, PSEA, disability inclusion, and hygiene promotion. Plan will strengthen referral linkages by identifying children 6-59 months of age with severe acute malnutrition and referring them to appropriate treatment sites. The SBCC will target the caregivers, mothers, and fathers of children under 5 years of age, women and men in the community. Plan will provide training for health workers and volunteers on the identification/referral of child protection cases, CMAM, community mobilization, anthropometric assessment, and referral linkages. Mothers and caregivers of children in the community will be trained on the mother MUAC approach.ltbrgtAs an innovation to effectively communicate GBV/child abuse prevention messages in creative ways and leverage positive norms, Plan Nigeria and Partner will introduce Arts performances through routine workshops (Prevention of GBV through ARTS)  Plan and Partner will facilitate regular Art workshops across the targeted LGAs: During these workshops, participants will be supported to express their thoughts, emotions, and experiences related to GBV through mediums such as painting and drawing. These workshops provide a safe space for survivors and communities to heal, raise awareness, and challenge harmful gender norms.ltbrgtlt/pgt