Tag: gender equality

Lessons learnt from implementing and evaluating programmes to promote play-based learning in Ghana

by Dina D. Fajardo-Tovar, Paola Garcia-Chinas, Eric Opoku, Siti Nadiah Binti Mohammad Johari, Ashley Craft and Might Kojo Abreh | Mar 24, 2025 | Learning

Play-Based Learning (PBL) is a child-centred approach actively involving children and adults in creating meaningful learning experiences. It is a core component of holistic education, fostering cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development essential for lifelong learning. Read More

If not today, it will be tomorrow: the significant role of education in promoting active ageing

by Maria del Consuelo Velázquez Alva and Ricardo Sabates | Feb 17, 2025 | Learning, Social Progress

During the past decades, the life expectancy of people living in most regions of the world has increased significantly because of improvements in living conditions, socio-economic development, advances in medicine and more progressive in public health policies. Read More

Teacher professional development in Africa – A decolonial synthesis of the research evidence

by Rafael Mitchell | Apr 22, 2024 | Teachers

What does professional development provision look like for teachers in African schools? What patterns exist across the region in terms of the focus and forms of provision? Who is able to access professional development opportunities, and who is being left out? What are teachers’ experiences and outcomes from provision? Read More

Bridging the STEM gap in higher education in Bangladesh: Exploring female underrepresentation in STEM subjects

by Prithvi Shrestha, Claire Kotecki, Rubaiyat Jahan, Halida Homyara, Kristina Hultgren and Nasreen Sultana Mitu | Dec 18, 2023 | Higher Education

UNESCO reported in 2017 that women’s participation in STEM education globally is only 35%. Their participation in STEM education in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in South Asia. In most low-income countries, men still outnumber women in accessing higher education including Bangladesh. Read More

Addressing all learners’ needs through gender-responsive pedagogy: The case of Cambodia

by Sorsesekha Nok and Leanne Cameron | Nov 21, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Learning

In the realm of education, the perpetuation of gender norms and stereotypes has long been a concerning issue: classrooms can be unequal places where genders are treated unequally and only some are provided with opportunities to learn and lead. Read More

What do we know about the links between girls’ education and climate and environment change?

by Camilla Pankhurst | Apr 5, 2022 | Climate Change, Girls' Education

What do we really know about the links between girls’ education and climate change in lower income countries? Read More

We must counter barriers to female leadership in universities and colleges

by Izel Kipruto | Mar 8, 2022 | Higher Education and Skills

The 2022 International Women’s Day campaign theme #BreaktheBias calls for urgent action to counter bias in social, economic, cultural, and political spheres of life, but importantly to overcome barriers to female leadership in higher education. Read More

International Women’s Day 2022 – Collection of UKFIET blogs on how to #BreakTheBias

by UKFIET | Mar 8, 2022 | Girls' Education

The theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022 is to imagine a gender equal world and #BreakTheBias. Imagine a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination; a world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive; a world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Read More

Honoured to partner on evidence to promote girls’ education internationally

by Pauline Rose | Jan 10, 2022 | Girls' Education

This article was written by Professor Pauline Rose, Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge, in response to being...

Where are the girls and why it matters as schools reopen?

by Wongani Grace Taulo and Omar Robles | Jul 1, 2021 | Girls' Education

This blog was written by Wongani Grace Taulo, Senior Education Advisor, and Omar Robles, Gender Programme Specialist, UNICEF. It was originally published on the UNICEF Connect...

To Increase Girls’ Schooling, Improve Girls’ Learning

by Michelle Kaffenberger and Marla Spivack | Jun 29, 2021 | Girls' Education, Learning

This blog was written by Michelle Kaffenberger and Marla Spivack, RISE Directorate; Danielle Sobol, Consultant; and Deborah Spindelman, REAL Centre at the University of...

No girl with disabilities should be denied the right to education

by Liesbeth Roolvink | Jun 24, 2021 | Education and Disabilities

This blog was written by Liesbeth Roolvink, Sightsavers, and originally published on the Global Partnership for Education blog on 4 June 2021. Building a truly inclusive...