Understanding pre- and post-COVID-19 landscapes to build back better for girls with disabilities

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Key Information

This presentation offers a comparison of the barriers to education for girls with disabilities pre-pandemic and post-first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. The presentation provides a consideration of distance learning as a tool for more inclusive education systems in the face of current and future crises, especially for girls with disabilities, and assesses the financial landscape for inclusive education.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

https://www.ungei.org/publication/understanding-pre-and-post-covid-19-landscapes-build-back-better-girls-disabilities

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2020 - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

National

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion

Other

  • Remote Learning

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Educational Radio or Television Programs

Other

  • Check-in calls or SMS messages by teachers

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)

Cross-cutting goals

  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced violence against children in the home

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Leonard Cheshire International