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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

The ‘Missing Children’: Why we urgently need an inclusive approach to education in emergencies

by Takyiwa Danso | Aug 21, 2023 | Education in Emergencies

The scale of emergencies this year has strained education systems around the world already buckling under the weight of significant challenges, including a funding gap worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic (estimated at $100 billion) which is hindering progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4. Read More

PEAS celebrates the official opening of Mushili Hillside Secondary School

by PEAS | Aug 16, 2023 | Learning

PEAS Mushili Hillside Secondary School marks PEAS’ sixth secondary school in Zambia. Since opening at the start of the year, the school rapidly reached full capacity, meeting the need for a secondary school provision in the community. Now, it caters for 345 students from low socio-economic backgrounds, 60% of which… Read More

Three ways in which school closures impacted Rwandan secondary school teachers

by Laterite and REAL Centre | Jul 27, 2023 | Teachers

This blog summarises highlights from our latest research synthesis (also translated into Kinyarwanda) focusing on Rwandan secondary school teacher attitudes, training and retention, as well as student learning outcomes, when schools reopened after the COVID-19 closures. The publication also shares implications for policy and future research based on the findings. 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

Voices of the children of the Lake Chad region: Co-constructing knowledge and advocacy for social change in protracted armed conflict and crisis contexts using photovoice

by Margaret Ebubedike, Tajudeen Akanji, Afu Isiah Kanuck, Adaobi Nwoye and Abdulaziz Mala | Jan 25, 2023 | Conflict, Crisis and Emergency

This blog reports on networking research which used photovoice with a group of children and young people in the Lake Chad region to provide a means of meaningful participation in research about their lives, experience, and wellbeing needs. Read More

Supporting the successful reintegration of trafficking survivors and reducing the likelihood of re-trafficking in Nepal and Nigeria

by Margaret Ebubedike and Saraswati Dawadi | Nov 1, 2022 | Conflict, Crisis and Emergency

Our Stakeholder and Knowledge Exchange Engagement project (SKEEP), is funded by the Open University RES-Research-Enterprise impact acceleration fund. The project is in partnership with Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF), Nigeria; Peace Rehabilitation Centre (PRC), Nepal; and ACE Charity Africa. The project brought together a broad stakeholder cohort… Read More

International Day of the Girl 2022

by UKFIET | Oct 11, 2022 | Girls' Education

"Our time is now—our rights, our future" The main aims of International Day of the Girl are to promote girl’s empowerment and fulfilment of their human rights while also highlighting the challenges that girls all over the world face. Read More

Gender-responsive education in emergency in Nigeria: Safeguarding girls’ presents and futures

by Edem Dorothy Ossai | Dec 9, 2021 | Education in Emergencies

This article was written by Edem Dorothy Ossai and originally published on the Brookings website on 29 November 2021. This new policy brief ‘Gender-responsive education in...

Accelerated Secondary Education as an Alternative to Returning to School: A case study from South Sudan

by David Masua, Ian Leggett and Roderick Hicks | Sep 10, 2021 | Learning

This article was written by David Masua, Ian Leggett and Rodrick Hicks, Windle Trust International (WTI). The Covid-19 pandemic led governments across the world to close schools...

Supporting vulnerable adolescent girls to continue their education should be prioritised in recovery plans for COVID-19

by Kath Ford | Jul 5, 2021 | Education and Disabilities, Girls' Education

This blog was written by Kath Ford, Young Lives programme and originally published on the Global Education Monitoring Report’s World Education Blog on 18 June 2021. Substantial...

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...