Girls Education Project in Rural Nepal

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Girls' education has been ignored in Nepalese communities for various reasons such as, cultural traditions, an unsuitable schooling environment and financial problems. It is particularly rare for girls that come from poor and Dalit families in rural villages of Nepal, to receive an education. Consequently, this project will support girls most in need of schooling. Educating girls has many advantages such as, improved gender equality, health, education, better family planning and economic growth.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

  • Nepal Village Foundation

Location(s)

South Asia

Nepal

Activity URL

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/girls-education-in-nepal/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

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 skills
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • School quality
Skills
  • Literacy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school)

Age

None - 16

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Policymakers
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Orphans and vulnerable children

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Curriculum/learning
  • Increased availability of learning materials
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
Reducing economic barriers
  • Addressing cost of school supplies
Social/gender norms change
  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved health - other
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

General Contact Information
Nepal Village Foundation
+442072428079