Escuelas Púrpuras (Purple Schools)

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

The “Purple Schools” project was born as the first independent school at a national and international level, aimed at empowering and raising awareness in the student community about gender-based violence (GBV) present in Higher Education Institutions in the country, through processes of democratization of information that incorporate training, workshops, dynamics, case analysis, generation of value proposals and the timely delivery of tools to prevent and eradicate violence against women throughout the Ecuadorian territory.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Ecuador

Activity URL

https://fundacionciudadanasdelmundo.com/?page_id=739

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
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • School violence
Cross-cutting areas
  • Empowerment
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, School administrators

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Tertiary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include
  • LGBTQ+
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Life skills education
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
Policy/legal environment
  • Public-private partnerships
School-related gender-based violence
  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
Social/gender norms change
  • Media campaigns
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
General Contact Information
Fundación Ciudadanas del Mundo (FCM)
fundacionciudadanasecuador@gmail.com
+593995718640