The Zambian Girls 2030: Realising My Potential initiative

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Key Information

The Zambian Girls 2030 programme: “Realising my potential” - provides an opportunity to the most vulnerable pupils to be exposed and gain career inspiration. In December 2020, 25 girls in Choma District and 25 in Kasama District took part in internships with local professional mentors. Phase 2 of Zambian Girls 2030 programme was implemented in 150 schools with 5,560 girls in school clubs, 256 girls attending career camps and 50 internship placements. The programme is run under the Ministry of General Education with UNICEF support, and with implementing partner Restless Development, with generous funding from the London Stock Exchange Group.

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Zambia

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Zambia

Activity URL

https://www.unicef.org/zambia/stories/zambian-girls-2030-internships-personal-story

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of General Education

Funder(s)

London Stok Exchange Group (LSEG)

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Secondary completion

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Vocational training

Skills

  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Mentorship
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male

Participants include

  • N/A

Program Approaches Back to Top

Learning while working

  • Apprenticeship/internship
  • Work-study

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • STEM - outside the classroom

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased employment/job-related skills