Girls Empowerment Collections

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The goal of the Girls Empowerment Collection is to inspire girls to pursue their goals. The collection was created in response to African teachers and librarians’ desire to engage girls with relevant and empowering books.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Activity URL

https://www.booksforafrica.org/about-bfa/initiatives/girls-empowerment-collections.html

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
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Rights/empowerment education
Skills
  • Literacy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Gender equality
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Other

School Level

  • N/A
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Increased availability of learning materials
  • Increased availability of Fiction/non-fiction books (paper)
  • Textbooks (paper)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased literacy
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased agency and empowerment