Aga Khan Foundation
- F Funder
- I Implementer
- N Network
- R Researcher
Description
The Aga Khan Foundation brings together human, financial and technical resources to address some of the challenges faced by the poorest and most marginalised communities in the world. Special emphasis is placed on investing in human potential, expanding opportunity and improving the overall quality of life, especially for women and girls. It works primarily in six areas: Agriculture and Food Security; Economic Inclusion; Education; Early Childhood Development; Health and Nutrition; and Civil Society.
Primary Functions
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Networking/Convening
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Research - policy analysis
- Research - project evaluation
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
- Early childhood development
- 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
- Other academic performance-related
- 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
- Food/water security
- Gender equality
- HIV and STIs
- Masculinities/boys
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Mentorship
- Migration
- Nutrition
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Other cultural practices
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Sports
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- 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)
- Geneva, Gelderland, Switzerland
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Canada
- Egypt
- India
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Russian Federation
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Uganda
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America
Contacts
Locations of current girls’ education work
- Afghanistan
- India
- Pakistan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Uganda
Projects Back to Top
Project/Program
Project Lehar - Adolescent Girls' Empowerment Programme
Project/Program
Adolescent Girls' Education in Crisis Initiative (AGENCI)
Project/Program
Improving Adolescents’ Lives in Afghanistan (IALA)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Creating Pathways for the Educational Success of Girls
Project/Program
Steps Towards Afghan Girls' Education Success (STAGES)
Project/Program
Girls in Science