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