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

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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

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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

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

Safe to Learn

Project/Program

Creating Healthy Approaches to Success (CHATS) Girls' Club Program

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