UN Women Egypt

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Key Information

UN Women supports Egypt’s commitment to promote education as a priority catalyst for economic growth and social justice. Targeting young women and girls in five communities in the governorates of Greater Cairo, Minia, Luxor, Aswan and the Red Sea, UN Women aims to reduce the gender gap in education, both in formal and informal schools, to: (i) Strengthen the quality of formal educational institutions and community mechanisms to promote education of young women and girls; (ii) Conduct needs assessments in the five communities, to identify and address the key constraints for girls’ access to safe education; (iii) Bring together the business community and educational policy makers better link education to employment needs; (iv) Advocate for addressing the root causes of gender-based discrimination by expanding community knowledge and acceptance of the importance of education for young women and girls.  So far, UN Women has facilitated:

  • Completion of 205 infrastructure improvements,
  • Building of four new community schools
  • Introduction of new interactive learning techniques and active learning methods and application with 3990 students
  • Awareness raising on diversity, accepting others and child protection reaching 14,820 students
  • Capacity enhancement of 113 teachers on active learning methodologies, behavior management and positive disciplines and of 52 social workers on gender awareness, gender-based violence, child rights and child protection mechanism
  • A study analyzing the choices of girls in the selection of vocational education informed three policy briefs/actions to enhance vocational education and address the specific needs of young girls.  


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Egypt

Japan

Location(s)

Middle East & North Africa

Egypt

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2016 -

Ministry Affiliation

Embassy of Japan in Egypt and local partners

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Not changed

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Rights/empowerment education

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Increased availability of learning materials

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of schools

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)