Pathfinder International

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer
  • N Network
  • P Policymaker

Description

Pathfinder International is a global reproductive health and rights nonprofit organization - driven by the conviction that all people, regardless of where they live, have the right to decide whether and when to have children, to exist free from fear and stigma, and to lead the lives they choose. Since 1957, Pathfinder International has worked to increase access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and promote healthy pregnancies. Pathfinder is committed to expanding access to quality sexual and reproductive health services that offer each woman the chance to make an informed choice about whether she wishes to use contraception, and the method best suited to her needs. Pathfinder envisions a world where everyone has access to contraception, where there are zero new HIV infections, where no woman dies from preventable pregnancy-related complications, and where everyone leads a healthy sexual and reproductive life. Pathfinder collaborates closely with its partners around the world to offer life-saving maternal and newborn care, integrate health and environment work to address the holistic needs of communities, and reach the most vulnerable populations, including those who have been displaced due to conflict and natural disaster.

Primary Functions

  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Policy Development/Implementation
  • Program/Project Implementation

Secondary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Networking/Convening
  • Research - policy analysis
  • Research - project evaluation

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Post-secondary
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Nutrition
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • 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 funders

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

Pathfinder International

Headquarters location(s)

  • Washington, D.C., , United States of America
  • Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Office location(s)

  • Bangladesh
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Mozambique
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • United States of America

Contacts

Sarah Lance
Director of Program Operations
SLance@pathfinder.org
Pathfinder International

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Bangladesh
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Niger
  • United Republic of Tanzania

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