Understanding pre- and post-COVID-19 landscapes to build back better for girls with disabilities

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Key Information

This presentation offers a comparison of the barriers to education for girls with disabilities pre-pandemic and post-first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. The presentation provides a consideration of distance learning as a tool for more inclusive education systems in the face of current and future crises, especially for girls with disabilities, and assesses the financial landscape for inclusive education.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

https://www.ungei.org/publication/understanding-pre-and-post-covid-19-landscapes-build-back-better-girls-disabilities

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2020 - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion
Other
  • Remote Learning
Cross-cutting areas
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include
  • People with disabilities
Program Approaches Back to Top
Educational Technology
  • Digital learning materials/programs
Increased availability of learning materials
  • Educational Radio or Television Programs
Other
  • Check-in calls or SMS messages by teachers
School-related gender-based violence
  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
Cross-cutting goals
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced violence against children in the home
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
Leonard Cheshire International