Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)

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Key Information

Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program ensures that girls build the skills to succeed in school and make key life decisions. In eight countries, we equip girls with the tools to self-advocate and chart a path that they choose for themselves.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

East Asia & Pacific, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Zambia

Activity URL

https://www.roomtoread.org/literacy-girls-education/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

1976 -

Partner(s)

IKEA foundation

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

U.S. Department of Labor, Atlassian Foundation

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
Attainment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
Other skills
  • Financial literacy
  • Social and emotional learning
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Other academic performance-related
  • STEM
Cross-cutting areas
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached
  • Boys in school
Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
  • Improving transportation
Curriculum/learning
  • Gender-sensitive curricula
Life skills education
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
Reducing economic barriers
  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Reducing/eliminating school fees
Social/gender norms change
  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased test scores
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage