Girl Programme

  • F Funding Initiative/Portfolio

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Malala Fund’s Girl Programme puts girls at the forefront of the organisation’s work, providing them with training to hone their advocacy skills and a global platform to deliver their message. This fiscal year, the programme awarded $1.5 million in new unrestricted grants to feminist-led movements, groups and organisations working on girls’ rights and education. These partners help girls grow as leaders and advocates and develop their movement building skills. 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, United Republic of Tanzania

Activity URL

https://malala.org/newsroom/malala-fund-drives-feminist-action-by-distributing-usd1-5-million-in-funding

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Apple Inc, Landry Family Foundation, Waverley Street Foundation, Kering Foundation, Citi, Hawk Foundation, D.W. Legacy, The Elevate Prize, Frame Fatales of Games Done Quick, HP, Imaginable Futures, The North Star Charitable Foundation, Pluralsight One, Pura, Stefan Findel, Wilstar Social Impact, Women and Girls Leadership Fund, The Pokemon Company International, Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Snowbird Foundation, Inc

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

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
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
Cross-cutting areas
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Mentorship
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Policymakers, School administrators

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached
  • Girls (both in school and out of school)
Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
Policy/legal environment
  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
Reducing economic barriers
  • Vouchers/grants
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
  • Media campaigns
Women's empowerment programs
  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Improved health - other
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)