Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project

The Angola - Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project seeks to empower Angolan youth, particularly girls, while improving education quality nationwide. The project addresses adolescent empowerment through health services, second-chance education, and life skills training. Health-related initiatives aim to reduce early pregnancies and marriage by integrating sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education into schools and engaging community leaders in behavior change campaigns. Targeted skills programs for out-of-school youth focus on accelerated learning, financial literacy, and employment opportunities, with a strong emphasis on women’s economic empowerment. Simultaneously, barriers to girls’ education are tackled by improving WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) facilities in schools, promoting menstrual hygiene management (MHM), and implementing measures to reduce school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). Support also includes scholarships, uniforms, and other interventions to keep girls in school, especially in low-income households.

To improve overall learning outcomes, the project invests in reducing Angola’s learning poverty by enhancing teacher recruitment, training, and classroom practices. It develops modern teacher management systems, supports peer-to-peer learning, and introduces innovative teaching materials and student assessments to strengthen literacy and teaching quality. The project also creates safer, more inclusive school environments through expanded infrastructure, focusing on gender-sensitive and climate-resilient designs, such as separate latrines and universal access for disabled students. School management processes are professionalized at all levels to ensure accountability and long-term improvement in educational outcomes. Together, these interventions aim to transform Angola’s education system into an equitable and high-quality platform for empowering youth and fostering national development.