Gender-Responsive Education and Transformation

  • F Funding Initiative/Portfolio

A Active

Key Information

With generous funding from the Government of Canada, Right To Play is strengthening its focus on quality education for girls in Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda. Over the next five years, the Government of Canada has committed CAD $19.5M in support of the Right To Play project GREAT (Gender-Responsive Education and Transformation), giving girls equal opportunities to receive a quality education and to shape their futures. The program uses Right To Play's gender-responsive play-based learning approach to remove barriers to education and build teacher capacity to improve learning outcomes among primary school-aged children.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda

Activity URL

Not applicable or unknown

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2020 - 2025

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Government of Canada

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Quality
  • School quality
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Gender equality
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
Other populations reached
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other caregivers
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male
Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
School-related gender-based violence
  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased primary school completion
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
Adriana Ermter
Right to Play
Manager, Global Communications
aermter@righttoplay.com