Girls’ Education

A study of three residential and non-residential approaches to supporting girls from disadvantaged communities in three different geographies in India. It highlights the need to strengthen teacher empowerment as a prerequisite to girls' empowerment.

A collection of recently published articles and blogs about girls and women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) by the International Journal of STEM Education.

This report invites readers to explore all the factors that perpetuate gender inequalities in schools. It provides a study of national education plans and tools to enable governments to analyze the situation in their own countries.

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.

An overview of the Gang of Stars (Taaron Ki Toli) youth-club based program creating awareness about gender issues among secondary school students. It evaluates the results of the intervention with 14,000 adolescents in 300 schools in Haryana, India.

This article highlights recent data showing that while gains have been made in girls' school enrollment in India since a 2009 law, girls are still not attending as they should due to highly unequal expectations around household and agricultural work.

This brief provides a rationale for engaging men and boys in ending child marriage and synthesizes some key lessons learned, guiding principles, recommendations, and evidence gaps.

A guidance note by the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) that provides strategies on delivering education in a gender-responsive manner as part of an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery situation.