Girls’ Education

An intensive curriculum that engages girls and their allies in strategic advocacy to improve girls’ lives around the world with workshops and an integrated emphasis on social justice values, a human rights framework, and a gender-focused perspective.

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.

This policy paper discusses how governments can overcome social resistance and operational constraints to scale up comprehensive sexuality education programs as part of their commitment to Sustainable Development Goal #4, the global education goal.

A helpful list of statistics by Catalyst related to women's attainment and achievement in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields.

This video clip features Arman Rahmatullah, CEO of Teach For Afghanistan, providing an in-depth look into the challenges around teaching girls in his country. He gives powerful examples of how Teach For Afghanistan has made traction despite the odds.

A deep dive into the Barro-Lee Educational Attainment Data to examine gender gaps in education and determine where more focus should be given in research, policy, and programmatic efforts to address gender inequality.