Malala Fund
- A Advocate
- N Network
Description
Malala Fund breaks down the barriers preventing more than 130 million girls around the world from going to school. Malala is fighting to give back to girls what poverty, war and discrimination tried to take away. Malala Fund’s key initiative — the Gulmakai Network — supports the work of education champions in developing countries and speeds up progress towards girls’ secondary education around the world.
Primary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
Secondary Functions
- Networking/Convening
- Research - policy analysis
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- School facilities
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- Teacher training
Skills
- STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Mentorship
- Migration
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)
- Washington, D.C., , United States of America
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Ethiopia
- India
- Lebanon
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Türkiye
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America
Contacts
Locations of current girls’ education work
- Afghanistan
- Brazil
- India
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Syrian Arab Republic
Projects Back to Top
Research Project/Report/Study
Spending Better for Gender Equality in Education research report
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Early Childhood Education, Adolescent Life Skills & Mindsets, Girls' Education Ecosystem
Research Project/Report/Study
Girls' Education and COVID-19: What past shocks can teach us about mitigating the impact of pandemics
Research Project/Report/Study
Building back equal: girls back to school guide
Project/Program
Factory Literacy Program (FLP) in Cambodia
Research Project/Report/Study
Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
COVID-19 Initiative: Objectives to address the Immediate and Long-term Implications of the Pandemic on Girls' Education
Research Project/Report/Study
Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girl Programme