Girls' Empowerment Program (GEP)

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Key Information

Girls’ Empowerment Program (GEP) is a school-based human rights education initiative targeting girls 8-17 years old in Togo. The program creates a safe space where girls learn about their bodies, their rights and their potential. GEP addresses issues of early marriage, gender-based violence and human trafficking, providing sexual and reproductive information and life skills so that schools become safe places for girls to pursue an education, assert their rights and participate in the decisions that affect their lives. With $100,000 in funding from 60 million girls, Crossroads will introduce Mobile Learning Labs (MLLs) in five girls’ clubs and one boys’ club in five schools in Tsévié, Togo. The beneficiaries will be at-risk girls chosen for their vulnerability – at risk of early marriage, pregnancy or trafficking. In total, 150 girls, 30 boys, 25 teachers and 10 parents will be directly involved in the project.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Togo

Activity URL

https://60millionsdefilles.org/en/our-projects/2019-togo/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2019 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other
  • Other
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
Quality
  • School quality
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Gender equality
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Other
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

8 - 17

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male
Participants include
  • Other
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Curriculum/learning
  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Remedial education/skills
Educational Technology
  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Other
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being