Africa Educates Her
- A Advocacy Campaign/Project
I Inactive
Key Information
"Africa Educates Her" is a campaign to bring awareness around issues that hinder girls and women from accessing education during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a rallying call for AU Member States, educators, civil society organizations and youth to take positive action that ensures girls return back to school as learning institutions are slowing re-opening around the continent.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Activity URL
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2020 - 2020
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Geographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Secondary completion
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Emergencies and protracted crises
Program participants
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
Other
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
Policy/legal environment
- System-wide review and reform
School-related gender-based violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
- Work with community leaders
Women's empowerment programs
- Advocacy/action
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Increased enrolment in primary school
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
- Increased secondary school completion
- Increased secondary school enrolment
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals
- Increased advocacy/civic engagement