Girls’ Education

This study is part of a series by the World Bank on the potential cost of not educating girls globally. It documents the potential impacts in six domains like how low educational attainment worsens expected earnings in adulthood and health outcomes.

High-quality resources for designing, managing, and measuring the results and impact of gender intentional and gender transformative programs and investments.

An article on a pilot program run in five London primary schools by a nonprofit, Lifting Limits, that provides teachers with the skills and resources to recognize and correct gender bias and to support students in challenging gender inequalities.

A report that urges governments in low-income countries to increase their spending on education to ensure all girls can go to school. It discusses increasing tax revenues by reducing or eliminating tax incentives, especially to corporations.

An overview of SDG #4 ("Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all") and progress tracking from the official UN knowledge platform.

An article that shares the stories of girls living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.

An article about the UNGEI webinar on measuring gender attitudes, focusing on pilot projects in Sierra Leone and Cote D’Ivoire with Save the Children’s Jane Leer and a project in Haryana state, India with the CEO of Breakthrough, Sohini Bhattacharya.

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.