Bridge Academies
- P Project/Program
? Activity Status: Unknown
Key Information
Educated girls are healthier, have the skills to make choices about their own future and can lift themselves, their community and even their county out of poverty. For instance, a percentage point increase in girls education boosts GDP by 0.3 percentage points and raises annual GDP growth rates by 0.2 percentage points. Again, one extra year of education for girls increases their wages by between 10-20%. By educating girls we change the future of entire communities as women reinvest 90% of their income in their families, as opposed to 30-40% for men. We improve opportunities for girls in and out of the classroom by: gender-sensitive instruction; gender-sensitive school management; co-curriculars; accountability; affordable fees.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Activity URL
https://www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com/what-we-do/gender-equality/empowering-girls/
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
Not applicable or unknown
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School facilities
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- School violence
- Teacher training
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Boys in school
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Curriculum/learning
- Increased availability of learning materials
Life skills education
- Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
- Gender, rights and power
Reducing economic barriers
- Addressing cost of school supplies
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
- Pre-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Increased agency and empowerment
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)