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

Winrock International

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

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Zambia

Projects Back to Top