United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- A Advocate
- F Funder
- I Implementer
- N Network
- P Policymaker
- R Researcher
Description
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up. Child protection and inclusion: Every child has the right to grow up in a safe and inclusive environment UNICEF works with partners around the world to promote policies and expand access to services that protect all children. Child survival: Every child has the right to survive and thrive. UNICEF has helped reduce child mortality all over the world by working to reach the most vulnerable children, everywhere. Education: Every child has the right to learn. UNICEF works around the world to support quality learning for every girl and boy, especially those in greatest danger of being left behind. Social policy: Every child has the right to an equitable chance in life. UNICEF works around the world to reduce child poverty and shield girls and boys from its lifelong consequences. UNICEF in emergencies: UNICEF is on the ground before, during, and after emergencies, working to reach children and families with lifesaving aid and long-term assistance. Gender: Every girl has the right to fulfill her potential. UNICEF works all over the world to empower girls and women, and to ensure their full participation in political, social, and economic systems. Innovation for children: UNICEF works with partners in every sector to co-create innovative solutions that accelerate progress for children and young people. Supply and logistics: UNICEF delivers sustainable access to lifesaving supplies where they are most needed, accelerating results for the most vulnerable children. Research and analysis: UNICEF’s global programmes and initiatives are grounded in rigorous research and thoughtful analysis about the situation of children.
Primary Functions
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Networking/Convening
- Policy Development/Implementation
- Research - other
- Research - policy analysis
- Research - project evaluation
Secondary Functions
- Networking/Convening
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
- Secondary Enrollment
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
- Other academic performance-related
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
- 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 Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Headquarters location(s)
- New York, New York, United States of America
Office location(s)
- United States of America
Contacts
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
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Projects Back to Top
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
Community-based education centers
Advocacy Campaign/Project
National Multi-Sectoral Coordination Framework for Adolescent Girls in Uganda
Project/Program
Higher Education Readiness (HER)
Project/Program
Girls’ Access to Education (GATE)
Project/Program
Early Childhood Development and Family (ECD&F) programme - Phase II
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Safe to Learn
Project/Program
Remote Learning Educational Response for COVID-19
Research Project/Report/Study
Adolescent Girls’ Voices on Enhancing their own Productivity
Project/Program
Inclusive Education Support Program
Project/Program
National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Curriculum Framework
Project/Program
The Reading and Numeracy Activity (RANA)
Project/Program
A Better School for Girls
Project/Program
Kids in Need of Desks (KIND) Fund Malawi
Project/Program
Education Plus Initiative
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Getting girls back to the classroom after COVID-19 school closures
Project/Program
Seeds For a Brighter Future
Project/Program
Burundi Transitional Education Plan (TEP)
Project/Program
Construye T
Project/Program
Fighting Period Poverty— Monthly sanitary pad distributions at school
Project/Program
Rwanda National Gender Responsive Teacher Training Package
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Program document for accelerated financing to the Central African Republic
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX)
Project/Program
DREAMS
Project/Program
Reforming the curriculum for improved learning in Burkina Faso
Project/Program
Zimbabwe Education Development Fund Phase II 2012 - 2019
Project/Program
Reinforcement of Parental Practices
Project/Program
The Zero Tolerance Project: Gender-based Violence Free Schools
Project/Program
Lebanon No Lost Generation Initiative (NLGI)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Pakistan: Expanding equal access to learning during coronavirus
Project/Program
Benin Faaba-COVID
Project/Program
UNICEF Inclusive Readings in Cabo Verde
Research Project/Report/Study
Children and COVID-19 Research Library
Project/Program
UNICEF Benin Country Report 2019
Project/Program
Rapariga Biz
Research Project/Report/Study
BALIKA (Bangladeshi Association for Life Skills, Income, and Knowledge for Adolescents)
Project/Program
UNICEF Mozambique Accelerated School Readiness Pilot Programme
Project/Program
Better Life for Girls (BLG) Ghana
Research Project/Report/Study
Operations Research on Keeping Girls in Schools to Reduce Child Marriage in Rural Bangladesh
Research Project/Report/Study
Building back equal: girls back to school guide
Advocacy Campaign/Project
UNICEF Pakistan Country Programme 2018-2022
Project/Program
Uganda Gender Unit Initiatives: Promotion of Girls' Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Supporting education interventions in emergency situations in the DRC
Network/Convening/Conference
The Role of Gender Equality and Girls' Education in Times of COVID-19
Project/Program
Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) in Burkina Faso
Project/Program
The Gender-Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education (GRP4ECE) Toolkit
Project/Program
UKAID-USAID ACCELERE!
Research Project/Report/Study
Getting into the Game
Project/Program
UNICEF Breaking Barriers to Girls' Education: Chad
Research Project/Report/Study
Impact Evaluation of Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Niger: Strengthening the Resilience of the Education System to Limit the Effects of COVID-19
Project/Program
Togo COVID-19 Education Response
Research Project/Report/Study
How many children and young people have internet access at home?
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender transformative digital skills education framework
Research Project/Report/Study
Programming for equity: Including girls with disabilities in the return to school post-COVID-19
Project/Program
School Health Integrated Program (SHIP) - FRESH Framework
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
COVID-19 Funding Request and Program Document
Project/Program
Docentes por la Paz
Research Project/Report/Study
Reimagining Girls’ Education: Solutions to Keep Girls Learning in Emergencies
Research Project/Report/Study
Evaluation of World University Service of Canada’s Remedial Education Program in Dadaab and Kakuma in Kenya
Project/Program
Schools for Africa
Project/Program
Scaling up Family Planning in Tanzania
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Learning Must Go On: Recommendations for keeping children safe and learning, during and after the COVID-19 crisis
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Guidance on Distance Learning Modalities to Reach All Children and Youth During School Closures
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Alternate Learning Pathways (ALP) Programme
Project/Program
Let Us Learn
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Stand with adolescent girls and young women during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Network/Convening/Conference
Global Education Coalition
Project/Program
Education Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda
Project/Program
Improving Adolescents’ Lives in Afghanistan (IALA)
Project/Program
Girls Education Project (GEP) Phase 3
Project/Program
Speed School Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Ni Nyampinga
Project/Program
Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Project/Program
Virtual and Distance Learning COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender at the Center Initiative (GCI)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls Secondary Education Trust Fund Malawi
Project/Program
UNICEF Gambia Education Program
Research Project/Report/Study
#SaveOurFuture Campaign
Research Project/Report/Study
Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020
Project/Program
Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya (Clean India: Clean schools)
Project/Program
National Strategy for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Framework for Reopening Schools
Research Project/Report/Study
Promoting Gender-Responsive Education Sector Plan
Project/Program
UNICEF - Cambodia Country Programme 2019–2023
Project/Program
School-Related Gender-Based Violence: A Whole School Approach Pilot Initiative
Project/Program
Support program for the continuity of learning in the face of the pandemic COVID-19
Project/Program
Leh Wi Learn - Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme
Research Project/Report/Study
Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents in Sierra Leone
Project/Program
YEGNA (Ours) Program
Project/Program
Puntland State Education Sector Strategy 2017-2020
Project/Program
Education Programme
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
COVID-19 Fast Track Funding
Project/Program
Re-integration of Adolescent Mothers Programme
Project/Program
Balochistan Education Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Averting a lost COVID generation
Project/Program
Educational Resources with Gender Lens for the Educational Community
Project/Program
Gender Equitable Education Programme (GEEP)
Research Project/Report/Study
Cameroon Education Response to School-Based Gender-Based Violence
Project/Program
The Zambian Girls 2030: Realising My Potential initiative
Project/Program
Multi-Year Education Response in Central African Republic
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Project/Program
General Education, Ethiopia
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
COVID-19 Accelerated Funding Program
Project/Program
Operation Come To School Project
Project/Program
Support Program for the Continuity of Learning in Emergency Situations (PACASU-TUBARAMIRE)