Girls’ Education

A report by UNICEF and the International Labour Organization that calls for equipping girls with the knowledge and skills needed to overcome barriers that prevent them from fully participating in the workforce and becoming economically empowered.

A study on the decision (to keep or terminate) factors and experiences surrounding adolescent pregnancies in Jamestown, an urban slum in Accra, Ghana. The main role players in decision making included family, friends, school teachers and the partner.

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.

A curriculum with interventions designed to facilitate healthy transitions to adulthood among adolescent girls aged 15-19 living with HIV in Zambia. All sessions are written in a user-friendly format, giving step-by-step guidance for the activities.

An evaluation of a multifaceted policy intervention in Uganda that effectively supported adolescent women's empowerment over a four-year horizon.

This policy paper unveils the barriers to educational opportunities for rural girls in Bangladesh, focusing on STEM education. It uses a survey of 500 rural secondary-level schoolgirls, 100 parents, and 75 teachers from 30 rural schools in Gazipur.

A report on a program designed to help vulnerable girls in Zambia avoid early marriage, sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancy. As it was not impactful, it stresses the need to address underlying economic and social constraints.

This podcast discusses why boys lag behind girls academically across contexts, and how it's rooted in some of the same gender norms that disadvantage girls in other measures of equity.