United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI)
- A Advocate
- N Network
- P Policymaker
- R Researcher
Description
The United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI) is a partnership of organizations working to advance gender equality in and through education. UNGEI coordinates the Feminist Network for Gender-Transformative Education. Together with UNESCO-IIEP UNGEI also co-leads the Gender at the Centre Initiative (GCI), supporting countries with a whole-system approach to gender-transformative education. Together with its partners, UNGEI advocates and programs to end gender stereotypes in schools, promote the leadership of young feminists and combat school-related gender based violence.
Primary Functions
- Networking/Convening
- Policy Development/Implementation
- Research - other
Secondary Functions
- Research - policy analysis
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 skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Food/water security
- HIV and STIs
- Masculinities/boys
- Migration
- Nutrition
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Sports
- 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
United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI)
Headquarters location(s)
- New York, New York, United States of America
Office location(s)
- N/A
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- India
- Kenya
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Malawi
- Mali
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Uganda
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Zambia
Projects Back to Top
Advocacy Campaign/Project
#16Days of Activism Against (School-Related) Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV) Campaign
Project/Program
Our Sisters to School
Research Project/Report/Study
Spending Better for Gender Equality in Education research report
Advocacy Campaign/Project
COVID-19: Policy Brief and Recommendations: Strengthening efforts to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence as schools reopen
Project/Program
Youth Enterprise
Project/Program
INEE Resource Collection on Gender
Research Project/Report/Study
Pivoting to inclusion: Leveraging lessons from COVID-19 crisis for learners with disabilities
Advocacy Campaign/Project
In Solidarity With Girls: Gender and Education in Crisis
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender at the Center Initiative (GCI)
Project/Program
Our Sisters Read
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Safe to Learn
Project/Program
Creating Healthy Approaches to Success (CHATS) Girls' Club Program
Research Project/Report/Study
Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020
Advocacy Campaign/Project
#NotMySchool Campaign
Research Project/Report/Study
Promoting Gender-Responsive Education Sector Plan
Project/Program
School-Related Gender-Based Violence: A Whole School Approach Pilot Initiative
Project/Program
Teachers' Actions for Girls (TAG)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Putting Gender at the Forefront of the COVID-19 Education Response
Research Project/Report/Study
Building back equal: girls back to school guide
Advocacy Campaign/Project
A Young Advocate's Guide to Advancing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
Project/Program
Alternative Rite of Passage
Research Project/Report/Study
Cameroon Education Response to School-Based Gender-Based Violence
Research Project/Report/Study
Exploring the School to Work Transition for Adolescent Girls
Project/Program
Adolescent Empowerment Programme
Network/Convening/Conference
The Role of Gender Equality and Girls' Education in Times of COVID-19
Project/Program
The Gender-Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education (GRP4ECE) Toolkit
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Leave No Girl Behind Campaign
Research Project/Report/Study
EiE-GenKit