Winrock International
- A Advocate
- I Implementer
- P Policymaker
Description
Winrock’s mission is to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources. Winrock is a nonprofit organization that implements a portfolio of more than 150 agriculture, environment and social development projects in over 40 countries.
Primary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
- Funding
- Networking/Convening
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other
- Transition from school to work
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School facilities
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- School violence
- Teacher training
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Community sensitization
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Empowerment
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Gender equality
- HIV and STIs
- Masculinities/boys
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Mentorship
- Nutrition
- Other
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Other cultural practices
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls’ education funders
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
- Washington, D.C., , United States of America
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- China
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Indonesia
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Senegal
- Thailand
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America
- Viet Nam
- Zambia
Contacts
- Martha Saldinger
- Director, Education & Empowerment
- msaldinger@winrock.org
- Winrock International
Locations of current girls’ education work
- Malawi
- Mali
- Zambia
Projects Back to Top
Project/Program
Girls Leadership and Empowerment through Education (GLEE)
Project/Program
USAID Mali Girls Leadership And Empowerment Through Education (USAID Mali GLEE)
Project/Program
EMPOWER: Increasing Economic And Social Empowerment For Adolescent Girls And Vulnerable Women In Zambia
Project/Program
Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi Activity (SHEAMA)