Category: Girls’ Education

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

Scaling up an education initiative that supports marginalised girls in Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

by Luisa Ciampi, Pauline Rose, Loveness Chimuka, Oberty Maambo and Nkanileka Mgonda | Jul 21, 2023 | Girls' Education

Despite positive shifts in access to education in sub-Saharan Africa, many marginalised children are still not learning the basics. This challenge has deepened as a result of the disruption of COVID-19 with particular effects on girls. Read More

The power of feminist activists in driving forward girls’ education

by Alicia Mills | Jul 5, 2023 | Girls' Education

Alicia has spent time interviewing women from feminist organisations who are engaged in the work of the Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC). These organisations are some of our most impactful ‘downstream partners’: local civil society organisations (CSOs) who work with our lead implementing partners to deliver the work of the GEC… Read More

Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development: Where Does Education Come in?

by Anna Robinson-Pant | Jun 28, 2023 | Critique, Girls' Education

In this blog, Anna Robinson-Pant comments on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) International Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2030 by drawing on findings from a recent family literacy project. Read More

A decade of progress on girls’ education in Africa and Asia

by Ian Attfield | Jun 13, 2023 | Girls' Education

It’s now over a decade since I first came across the Girls' Education Challenge (GEC). I had just relocated as DFID (now FCDO) Education Adviser from Zimbabwe to Tanzania in mid-2012, via a long drive through Mozambique and the length of Malawi. On arrival in Dar es Salaam, I was… Read More

Developing responsive and adaptive approaches in support of Adolescent Girls’ Education in Zimbabwe by developing communities of reflective practice – The story of SAGE in Zimbabwe

by Stephen Harrison and Bertina Nyamutswa | May 31, 2023 | Girls' Education

Within this blog, we reflect upon the progress and impact of embedding reflective practices at scale in Zimbabwe within the Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE)[i] programme’s Accelerated Teaching and Learning (ATL) component, which developed its own communities of reflective practice (CoRPs). Read More

Localization only succeeds if women and girls are at the center

by Vongai Nyahunzvi | Apr 26, 2023 | Girls' Education

The international development sector is finally getting on board with the need for localization in their work, and there is growing global recognition that meeting the needs of girls and women in the Global South requires a fundamental shift in the humanitarian system. Read More