Girls' Education & Empowerment
- P Project/Program
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Key Information
Our Girls’ Education and Empowerment Lab area explores how best to empower girls to grow into strong women. Our GEE Lab focuses on how to keep girls in school, arm them with the knowledge and resources they need, engage boys and men as partners in girls’ empowerment, and encourage leadership among girls.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Global
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
Not applicable or unknown
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Secondary completion
Other
- Transition from school to work
Cross-cutting areas
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Early/child marriage
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- 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
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Mentoring/psychosocial support
- Peer mentors
School-related gender-based violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Social/gender norms change
- Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
- Self-help groups (non-financial)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
- Increased agency and empowerment
- Increased knowledge of rights
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Reduced child marriage