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
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 interven...
Girls' Education
Why Do Parents Invest in Girls’ Education? Evidence from Rural India
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.
Girls' Education
We Can’t Measure Women’s Empowerment the Same Way Everywhere—But Should We Try?
An article describing the challenges of measuring the empowerment of women to evaluate the impact of programs, such as the limitations of standardized questions, and recommended solutions.
Girls' Education
Evidence Brief: School-Based Interventions to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls
A policy brief on select school-based interventions that aim to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) or improve attitudes that perpetuate VAWG. It focuses on intimate partner violence, dating violence, and non-partner sexual assault.
Girls' Education
To Keep or Not to Keep? Decision Making in Adolescent Pregnancies in Jamestown, Ghana
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.