Africa Educates Her

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

I Inactive

Key Information

"Africa Educates Her" is a campaign to bring awareness around issues that hinder girls and women from accessing education during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a rallying call for AU Member States, educators, civil society organizations and youth to take positive action that ensures girls return back to school as learning institutions are slowing re-opening around the continent.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Activity URL

https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20200911/aucieffa-launches-africa-educates-her-campaign-rallying-call-get-girls-back

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2020 - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

5 - 25

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Other
  • Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
Policy/legal environment
  • System-wide review and reform
School-related gender-based violence
  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Social/gender norms change
  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Work with community leaders
Women's empowerment programs
  • Advocacy/action

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased secondary school enrolment
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement