Girl Programme

  • F Funding Initiative/Portfolio

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Malala Fund’s Girl Programme puts girls at the forefront of the organisation’s work, providing them with training to hone their advocacy skills and a global platform to deliver their message. This fiscal year, the programme awarded $1.5 million in new unrestricted grants to feminist-led movements, groups and organisations working on girls’ rights and education. These partners help girls grow as leaders and advocates and develop their movement building skills. 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, United Republic of Tanzania

Activity URL

https://malala.org/newsroom/malala-fund-drives-feminist-action-by-distributing-usd1-5-million-in-funding

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Apple Inc, Landry Family Foundation, Waverley Street Foundation, Kering Foundation, Citi, Hawk Foundation, D.W. Legacy, The Elevate Prize, Frame Fatales of Games Done Quick, HP, Imaginable Futures, The North Star Charitable Foundation, Pluralsight One, Pura, Stefan Findel, Wilstar Social Impact, Women and Girls Leadership Fund, The Pokemon Company International, Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Snowbird Foundation, Inc

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Mentorship
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Policymakers, School administrators

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

  • Girls (both in school and out of school)

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies

Reducing economic barriers

  • Vouchers/grants

School-related gender-based violence

  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)

Social/gender norms change

  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved health - other
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)