Girls’ Education
Resources
Everyone has a role to play in supporting girls to become empowered, access education for better life outcomes, and thrive. Teach For All is committed to supporting the global network to identify and address the barriers that keep girls from learning and fulfilling their potential through our Girls’ Education initiative. Learn more about gender equity, the issues facing girls around the world, and more in this curated library of resources:
Girls' Education
CAMFED's Learner Guide Program
Information about the organization CAMFED flagship program that involves women in Africa in the CAMFED Association—once themselves supported by CAMFED—returning to their local schools as mentors to help vulnerable girls learn and thrive.
Girls' Education
Tikambisane 'Let’s Talk to Each Other': A 6-Session Support Group Curriculum for Adolescent Girls Living with HIV in Zambia
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.
Girls' Education
Building a Generation to Transform Gender Norms: Breakthrough India’s 'Gang of Stars'
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.
Girls' Education
General Versus Girl-Targeted Interventions: A False Dichotomy? A Response to Evans and Yuan
This paper provides a review of Evans and Yuan’s 2019 paper "What We Learn about Girls’ Education from Interventions that Do Not Focus on Girls." It disagrees with their conclusion and recommends combining girl-targeted and general interventions.
Girls' Education
Think Women Aren’t Big Risk Takers? These Chinese Girls Buck the Stereotype
An article that explores gender differences in risk-taking behaviors and highlights a study examining how families and peers influence children within matrilineal and patriarchal cultures.
Girls' Education
Breaking the Silence Around School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV)
An article that shares the experiences and advice of youth activists who came together to break the silence around school-related gender-based violence as part of the youth-led #NotMySchool campaign.