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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
How a Malawi project engaged fathers to support girls’ education
Gender and Education
April 25, 2023

How a Malawi Project Engaged Fathers to Support Girls’ Education

The changes that REAL Fathers were making in their homes was what motivated girls to go to school and work hard. At schools, REAL Fathers and Mothers’ Groups collaborated in bringing girls who had dropped out due to pregnancy or early marriage back to school.
USAID LGBT Vision for Action
Gender and Education
April 25, 2023

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.
Syrian Teacher Teaching Children to Read in Jordan
Disability Inclusive Education
May 10, 2022

What We’re Learning in Social and Emotional Learning

This series is intended for Education Officers in USAID partner countries and implementing partners who are designing and managing new activities, evaluations, and/or research efforts.
From left to right on stage: H.E. Mohamed Hussein Roble, Prime Minister of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, GPE Board Chair Julia Gillard and youth leader Sikemi Okunrinboye. On the screen (L to R): Selina Nkoile (Kenya Youth Leader), Malala Yousafzai (co-founder of Malala Fund) and Josephine Kamara (Sierra Leone Youth Leader). London, July 29, 2021 Credit: GPE/Tom Whipps
Education Finance
September 2, 2021

What Happened at the Global Education Summit

The 2-day hybrid event secured record commitments of international, domestic and private funding for education. Be sure to access our resources to find out what you might have missed.
Soyama Primary School in Sidama Zone
Education in Crisis and Conflict
October 6, 2020

Fostering Resilience During COVID-19 Through Social and Emotional Learning

When students return to education, they may feel fear or anxiety regarding the pandemic. Educators will need to deploy existing skills in new ways and/or develop new skills to overcome such adversity and continue to thrive.
Photo: Girls take exams in refurbished school
Education in Crisis and Conflict
September 17, 2020

Understanding Lebanon’s Deepening Education Crisis

The new Lebanon Education in Emergencies Data Snapshot documents the overall educational situation for refugees and factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic that bear on education provision in Lebanon.
Photo: Students from the Diego Luis Cordoba School in the municipality of Acandi, Department of Choco in Colombia.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
August 25, 2020

Pivoting in a Pandemic: Adapting the Rapid Education and Risk Analysis in Colombia

In March 2020 DevTech began planning to conduct a RERA in urban and peri-urban school communities receiving migrant Venezuelans. The Government of Colombia needed RERA data to implement flexible and effective models of education.
Photo: Young people walking
Gender and Education
July 28, 2020

Understanding the Evidence around School-Related Gender-Based Violence

Across the globe, students do not always attend school in a safe setting, and many experience unacceptably high rates of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV).