USAID Education FY21 Data Brief: Advancing Gender Equality in and through Education

This brief illustrates USAID’s commitment to advancing gender equality in and through education, around the world. Recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic requires a focus on building resilient education systems that reach the most marginalized—including girls, people with disabilities, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, USAID’s global education programs achieved the following: