U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- A Advocate
- F Funder
- I Implementer
- N Network
- P Policymaker
- R Researcher
Description
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty. We are tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. Our work is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK too. The UK is a global leader on girls’ education. All UK-led education programmes have a focus on girls and young women. We aim to keep girls in school, support them to learn and ensure the critical transition from primary to secondary school.
Primary Functions
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Funding
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Policy Development/Implementation
- Research - other
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
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Food/water security
- Gender equality
- Masculinities/boys
- Nutrition
- Other
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Other cultural practices
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Headquarters location(s)
- London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- East Kilbride, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- United Republic of Tanzania
- West Bank and Gaza
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Uganda
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Projects Back to Top
Research Project/Report/Study
COVID-19 response and learning: Addressing the needs of marginalised girls and girls with disabilities
Research Project/Report/Study
Understanding pre- and post-COVID-19 landscapes to build back better for girls with disabilities
Project/Program
Girls - Participatory Approaches to Students Success (PASS) in Ghana
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Safe to Learn
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Data and Research in Education (DARE) programme
Project/Program
Inclusive Education Support Program
Project/Program
The Reading and Numeracy Activity (RANA)
Project/Program
Making Ghanaian Girls Great! (MGCubed)
Project/Program
Interim Support to Education in North West Frontier Province
Research Project/Report/Study
Adolescent Girls' Empowerment Program
Project/Program
Building Girls to Live, Learn, Laugh and ‘SCHIP’ in Strong, Creative, Holistic, Inclusive, Protective, Quality Education
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Getting girls back to the classroom after COVID-19 school closures
Project/Program
Biruh Tesfa for All (“Bright Future for All”)
Project/Program
The Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge
Project/Program
Education Beyond Aid (EBA) Ghana
Project/Program
Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Resilience (SOAR)
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender, Education and Skills
Project/Program
Improving Gender Attitudes, Transition and Education Outcomes (IGATE) Zimbabwe
Project/Program
Skills for Employment Programme
Project/Program
Lebanon No Lost Generation Initiative (NLGI)
Project/Program
How radio acts as an education tool to help girls continue learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Project/Program
Steps Towards Afghan Girls' Education Success (STAGES)
Network/Convening/Conference
Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE)
Project/Program
Empowering girls with disabilities through education in Uganda
Project/Program
Rwanda Learning for All Programme
Project/Program
TEAM Girl Malawi (Transformational Empowerment of Adolescent Marginalised Girls in Malawi)
Project/Program
Punjab Education Sector Programme (PESP) II
Project/Program
Leaving No Girl Behind
Project/Program
Supporting the Transition of Adolescent Girls through Enhancing Systems (STAGES)
Project/Program
UKAID-USAID ACCELERE!
Project/Program
Girls’ Education Finance: Empowerment for Girls’ Education
Project/Program
Adolescent Girls' Education in Somalia (AGES)
Project/Program
CHANGE: Improving Access to Education in Ethiopia for Most Marginalized Girls Project
Project/Program
Accelerating Equitable Access to School, Reading, Student Retention and Accountability (ACCELERE!)
Project/Program
Skills for Prosperity Kenya
Project/Program
Youth Enterprise
Project/Program
WASH for gender and adolescent inclusive schools in Nepal
Project/Program
The Virtuous Cycle of Girls’ Education
Project/Program
Strategic Approaches to Girls' Education (STAGE)
Project/Program
Somali Girls’ Education Promotion Programme – Transition (SOMGEP-T)
Project/Program
Shule Bora - Quality Education
Project/Program
National Strategy for Girls’ Education (NSGE) in Uganda (2015 – 2019)
Project/Program
Discovery Project
Project/Program
Strengthening Education Systems for Improved Learning
Project/Program
Scaling up Family Planning in Tanzania
Project/Program
Girls' Education in South Sudan
Research Project/Report/Study
Adolescent Girls Initiative - Kenya
Project/Program
Excelling Against the Odds
Project/Program
Technical Assistance to Reinforce General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity (TARGET)
Project/Program
Mozambique Demographic Transition Waala Programme
Project/Program
Improving Literacy with EGRA
Project/Program
Girls Education Project (GEP) Phase 3
Project/Program
Investing in Human Capital through Partnerships Beyond Aid in the Social Sectors Programme
Project/Program
Girls' Education Challenge Transition (GEC-T)
Project/Program
Kenya Equity in Education Project (KEEP Project)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Social Protection, Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment and Gender Equality
Project/Program
Leave No Girl Behind
Project/Program
Building Learning Foundations (BLF) Program
Project/Program
Punjab Education Support Programme II
Advocacy Campaign/Project
GEARR-ing Up for Success After School
Project/Program
Pakistan’s National Cash Transfer Programme, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP)
Project/Program
Strengthening Malawi Education Systems (SMES)
Project/Program
Leh Wi Learn - Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme
Project/Program
Zimbabwe Girls Secondary Education 2012 - 2023
Project/Program
Puntland State Education Sector Strategy 2017-2020
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
Project/Program
Education Programme
Project/Program
Youth Education and Skills Programme for Economic Growth (YES4Growth)
Project/Program
Transformational Teacher Training for Kindergarten Teachers in the Eastern Region of Ghana
Project/Program
Education and skills program (Inclusive education, girls' education and TVET)
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Project/Program
Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme
Project/Program
Sindh Education Non-State Actors programme (SENSA)