Girls’ Education

This Girl Rising curriculum addresses an array of issues ranging from inquiries such as, “How do economies grow when girls are educated?” to “How do parents keep their daughters safe and cared for?” It has fact sheets and teacher guides.

UNESCO’s interactive tool that allows users to explore the educational rights of girls and women around the world. The scoring system enables users to visually monitor legal progress toward securing the right to education for women in all countries.

A key document from the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report that discusses the gender dimensions and implications of migration.

This review brings together evidence from 270 educational interventions from 177 studies in 54 low- and middle-income countries and identifies their impacts on girls, regardless of whether the interventions specifically target girls.

This policy paper focuses on the less recognized effects of gender norms on boys’ schooling, particularly at secondary level and amongst those from the poorest families. It urges the need to address boys’ disadvantage and disengagement in education.

An article on the lifelong negative association between giving birth before age 18 and a woman’s economic empowerment. It discusses how childbearing before 18 is widespread and how in many countries, women do not have control over their own earnings.