Category: Girls’ Education

Left Behind Twice: The Hidden Effects of Gender Inequality on Girls Living Through Crises

by Sharon Tao | Aug 6, 2025 | Girls' Education

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed findings from the Third Annual G7 Global Objectives Report that examines how crises significantly impact girls’ access to education and learning. In this post, we unpack why this happens by focusing on how harmful gender norms increase the disadvantage girls experience… Read More

Launch of the Third Annual G7 Global Objectives Report: Examining the Effects of Emergencies and Protracted Crises on Girls’ Education

by Sharon Tao | Jul 9, 2025 | Girls' Education

The recently launched Third Annual Global Objectives Report has a focus on Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises (EiEPC) because the ability to get marginalised girls into school and learning is significantly affected by conflict, climate crisis, political insecurity, and in many cases, a combination of these. Read More

Celebrating evidence from the Girls’ Education Challenge

by Pauline Rose, Monazza Aslam and Shenila Rawal | Mar 6, 2025 | Girls' Education

In this blog, we highlight lessons from the independent evaluation studies we led on according to the six themes that were identified in the GEC research feasibility study. Read More

Is truth important in research? Unpacking half-truths and misrepresentations in the process

by Jane Doka | Mar 3, 2025 | Girls' Education

Now, to the golden question: when it comes to reporting the findings, does it matter whether what the participants said is true or not? Read More

The right to education for pregnant girls and adolescent mothers: Breaking barriers and biases

by Nisha Thomas | Jan 22, 2025 | Girls' Education

Teenage pregnancy and adolescent motherhood are considered as major social problems which impact negatively on the educational access, participation and outcomes of girls. Teenage pregnancy and early childbearing are leading causes of girls dropping out of schools, and often result in increased health risks, social stigma and adverse economic impacts… Read More

Tackling the Toughest Barrier for Girls: Social Norms

by Sharon Tao | Jan 7, 2025 | Girls' Education

Although awareness and critical thinking around a norm is important, given the structures that entrench norms, the spectrum of norm acceptance amongst individuals, and the powerful reward and sanctioning mechanisms that affect behaviour, a more nuanced and holistic approach is required. Read More

What about the boys? How backlash against girls’ education is an opportunity to do better

by Sharon Tao | Oct 28, 2024 | Girls' Education, Learning

If you have ever worked on a girls’ education programme, there is undoubtedly one question that you will have heard – be it from Ministry of Education (MoE) actors, teachers, parents, students, researchers, donors, even your own colleagues – which is, ‘what about the boys?’ At best, this question comes… Read More

Inclusive Education for marginalised girls in Malawi: what worked in Link Education’s Leave No Girl Behind Project

by Clement Mwazambumba and Samantha Ross | Apr 15, 2024 | Girls' Education

Link Education’s Transformational Empowerment of Adolescent Marginalised Girls in Malawi (TEAM Girl Malawi) has demonstrated an efficient and effective inclusive model that can deliver quality education in a non-formal setting to the most marginalised youth, including those with disabilities, supporting the Government of Malawi’s commitment to provide 12 years of… Read More

Girls and climate justice education: Experience from two initiatives

by Alice Saisha, Catherine Boyce and Fernanda Gándara | Dec 6, 2023 | Climate Change, Girls' Education

Young people in rural Africa produce minimal carbon emissions, yet are on the frontline of the crisis. Their experiences of the climate crisis in their daily lives include flooding, damage to their schools, reduced productivity of smallholder plots and hunger, which affects their ability to learn. Read More

From exclusion to empowerment: The transformative power of the ‘Advancing Action for Adolescent Girls’ second chance education programme

by Zain ul Abidin | Nov 17, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Girls' Education

If a nation's wealth were to be judged, it would not be by its gold reserves, sprawling cities or technological prowess. Instead, it would be by its human capital. Education is the primary tool through which human capital is cultivated and enhanced. For Pakistan, the lack of equal educational opportunities,… Read More

Listening to girls’ voices in Somalia: Supporting girls with disabilities to thrive in a fragile context

by Ebyan Mahat Sabul | Oct 11, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Girls' Education

While we find it perfectly normal to have our social networks and talk with our friends, family, and community, does it occur to you that there is that one person somewhere who does not have these advantages in life? Read More

What works to advance girls’ education in Nigeria? Join our UKFIET symposium to learn how we brought 1.5 million girls into school

by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and UNICEF Nigeria | Sep 5, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Girls' Education

Nigeria is committed to realising the rights of all children and achieving their full potential by building strong foundations. The core of UNICEF’s and FCDO’s education work in Nigeria is partnering with the government to address demand- and supply-side barriers to both access and learning. Read More