Girls’ Education

A global report on boys’ disengagement from education with qualitative and quantitative evidence from over 140 countries. It identifies factors influencing boys’ learning outcomes, analyzes responses by governments, and includes recommendations.

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.

An article on girls in rural Rajasthan, India frequently dropping out early and marrying young. The researchers interviewed parents in a culturally sensitive manner and found that policies that help girls stay in school can prevent early marriage.

A 10-week curriculum to support girl leaders and their allies to identify the issues that impact girls most in their communities, develop strategies to amplify their voices, launch girl-led advocacy campaigns, and effectively educate decisionmakers.

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.

This report is on gender-transformative work in politically and culturally conservative contexts. It explores how addressing child, early, and forced marriage and unions advances girls’ and women’s sexual agency, bodily autonomy, freedom and dignity.