Uganda Gender Unit Initiatives: Promotion of Girls' Education

Uganda's Gender in Education Unit aims to: provide technical assistance to support coordination and consistency of approaches to gender mainstreaming in the sector; address barriers to girls’ education including undertaking sanitation and hygiene initiatives in schools; and, reduce incidences of violence against children in schools to improve completion and retention rate. Some of the Gender Unit initatives implemented during 2018-2019 include: the development of the Menstrual Hygiene Management Manual; Regional Training on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV); review of National Strategy for Girls’ Education 2014-2019; Regional dissemination of the Gender in Education Policy (2017) and Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting training workshops. During the period under review, the following outcomes were realized; (a) Increased capacity for gender mainstreaming in education; (b) Improved coordination and partnership with relevant line ministries, development partners, private sector and civil society organizations; and, (c) Increased awareness on key gender and equity in education.