Winrock International

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer
  • P Policymaker
Description

Winrock’s mission is to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources. Winrock is a nonprofit organization that implements a portfolio of more than 150 agriculture, environment and social development projects in over 40 countries.

Primary Functions
  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
  • Funding
  • Networking/Convening
Geographic Scope
  • Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
Other
  • Transition from school to work
Other skills
  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • School violence
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Civics education
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Nutrition
  • Other
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Other cultural practices
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls’ education funders

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website

Winrock International


Headquarters location(s)
  • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
  • Washington, D.C., , United States of America
Office location(s)
  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Egypt
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Indonesia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Senegal
  • Thailand
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • United States of America
  • Viet Nam
  • Zambia
Contacts
Martha Saldinger
Director, Education & Empowerment
msaldinger@winrock.org
Winrock International

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Zambia
Projects Back to Top