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USAID LGBT Vision for Action
Gender and Education

Creating Space for PRIDE: LGBTQI+ Inclusion in Schools and Curricula

USAID is committed to learning from LGBTQI+ activists, technical experts, and other partners to meaningfully design and implement quality, equitable, and inclusive education from pre-primary to higher education and the workforce.
April 25, 2023
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Gender and Education

A Holistic Approach to Girls’ Education Leads to Better Learning Outcomes

At accelerated schooling centers, over 22,000 out-of-school girls learned the alphabet, and attained basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills over nine months before transitioning back to formal school.
May 15, 2023
A female student gives a vaccine injection to a goat while a male student holds the goat still.
Higher Education
January 23, 2023

Starting with the Local System: Preparing Future Professionals to Address Global Emergencies

This third and final blog in the Higher Education Scholarships in Action Blog Series focuses on the USAID OneHealth Workforce project's use of embedded scholarships.
Young Egyptian scholarship recipients pose for a photo with US Ambassador Stephen Beecroft
Higher Education
December 7, 2022

Designing Scholarship Programs for Diversity and Inclusion: Lessons from USAID/Egypt

In this blog Leading Through Learning Global Platform interviewed staff from the Office of Education and Health at USAID/Egypt to capture their experiences designing scholarship programs with a particular focus on diversity and inclusion.
University students from Indonesia pose for a group photo.
Higher Education
November 29, 2022

Scholarship Program Draws on Cross-Sector Funding, Helps Address Indonesia’s Development Challenges

This first blog in the Higher Education Scholarships in Action Blog Series focuses on the PRESTASI scholarship program funded by USAID/Indonesia.
The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain Africa
Higher Education
July 25, 2022

Lessons Learned: Building and Tapping into Alumni Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Country Higher Education Institutions

The first survey provided valuable insights to the CARISCA project team and KNUST administrators.
Graphic says “Higher Education Global Evidence Summit” in blue bold font. Below it, it says “Engaging Higher Education for Change: Employability, Innovation, & the Private Sector” in light black.
Higher Education
July 14, 2022

Reflections from the USAID Higher Education Global Evidence Summit 2022

In spring 2022, USAID brought together research community members, development practitioners, and USAID staff for the inaugural Higher Education Global Evidence Summit.
Africa University students at 11 med sot lecture hall
Higher Education
March 17, 2022

USAID Investment Establishes a New Higher Education Learning Network

USAID makes a new investment in higher education with the creation of the USAID Higher Education Learning Network (HELN).
Chheng Sambo, RTI International
Disability Inclusive Education
March 1, 2022

New USAID Commitments to Disability Inclusive Education at the 2022 Global Disability Summit

At the 2022 Global Disability Summit (GDS), USAID announced new commitments to disability inclusive education, cementing its role as a leader and joining global partners to advocate for education for every learner.
West Africa Regional Conference
Higher Education
June 7, 2021

How the VSFS Internship is Advancing Higher Education Storytelling at USAID

The Center for Education Higher Education VSFS internship is structured in two parts: one, a group project, and two, an individual project. This structure allows interns to gain experience publishing work both individually and collaboratively.