Tag: women’s education

Notions around a “Successful Woman with Disabilities”: Exploring voices of girls in Nepal, Malawi and Uganda

by Nidhi Singal and Laraib Niaz | Aug 29, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Aspirations, hopes and dreams for the future can be important predictors for achieving financial and other success in adulthood. For girls with disabilities, socially constructed beliefs on gender and disabilities may negatively impact attributes such as self-efficacy, aspirations for the future and conceptualisations of success. Yet, few studies have explored… Read More

Remembering Lalage Bown and her contribution to international education

by UKFIET | Jan 12, 2022 | Learning

“Adult educationist whose anthology Two Centuries of African English helped transform approaches to literature in the continent.” Lyn Innes, The Guardian It is with great sadness...

Seven Reasons for Hope in MENA

by Reem Marto | Mar 16, 2021 | Learning

This blog was written by Reem Marto, Head of the Middle East & North Africa Region, Teach For All, and was originally published on the Teach for All website on 22 January...

International Women’s Day 2021 – Collection of UKFIET blogs on providing an equal future for all

by UKFIET | Mar 8, 2021 | Girls' Education

This year, the theme for International Women’s Day on 8 March is: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. This celebrates the tremendous efforts by...

Women, literacy and health in Nepal: an alternative approach for sustainable livelihoods

by Sushan Acharya | Jan 25, 2018 | 2017 UKFIET Conference

This blog was written by Sushan Acharya, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. For the 2017 UKFIET conference, 23 individuals were provided with bursaries to assist them to...

Girls Education – which way forward?

by Emily Echessa | Oct 31, 2012 | Girls' Education

Students from a US based MA course recently asked me why NGOs put too much emphasis on shocking statistics and pictures of girls only while boys from poor and conflict affected...