Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education in Tanzania

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Key Information

UNESCO-UNFPA-UN Women Joint Programme on “Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education in Tanzania”, applies a multi-sectoral approach for an enhanced effort to ensure that girls attains their educational aspirations and young women acquire knowledge, attitudes and life skills that will equip them to become productive and fulfilled citizens while mobilizing support for girls’ education at family and community levels. Funded by the Republic of Korea through its Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Joint Programme is within the framework of “Better Life for Girls Initiative”, a global initiative that aims to put girls on the path of sustainable empowerment. 

The Programme includes the creation of Safe Space-TUSEME youth clubs; Guidance and counseling services for in-school adolescent boys and girls; skills training /economic empowerment for out of school young women;  and the role of communities including parents in promotion of girls education.  The project is implemented in four districts Kasulu, Mkoani, Sengerema and Ngorongoro. 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

United Republic of Tanzania

Activity URL

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/empowering-adolescent-girls-and-young-women-through-education-tanzania#:~:text=Empowering%20Adolescent%20Girls%20and%20Young%20Women%20through%20Education%20in%20Tan

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2016 - 2022

Partner(s)

Tanzanian National Commission for UNESCO (NATCOM), Institute of Adult Education (IAE), Forum for African women Educationalist – Tanzania and Zanzibar Chapters (FAWE), Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network (TECDEN), Community Radios network (TADIO)

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Quality

  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Digital literacy
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Other cultural practices

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Educational Technology

  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning

Health and childcare services

  • Adolescent-friendly health services
  • Providing childcare for young mothers

Learning while working

  • Apprenticeship/internship
  • Vocational training

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Teaching

  • Pre-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

General Info Email
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
dar-es-salaam@unesco.org