Girls Secondary Education Initiative
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Key Information
In Malawi, less than 15% of women have any years of secondary school education, with 42% of girls married before the age of 18. Given the magnitude of this challenge, Firelight believes that community-based organizations can play a significant role in rethinking and redesigning local approaches to secondary school and helping parents make the investment in secondary education for their girls. We support two community-based organizations and two local non-governmental organizations in improving the transition, persistence, and exam pass rates for girls in Malawi’s Community Day Secondary Schools. With tailored capacity building in organizational development, human-centered design, and social accountability, Firelight supports these four organizations to work with communities, students, teachers, local leaders, and government officials to develop and adapt innovative approaches to their unique community contexts.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2015 - 2019
Partner(s)
Girls Empowerment Network (GENET- Malawi), Foundation for Community Livelihood and Development (FOCOLD- Malawi), Advancing Girls Education Africa (AGE-Africa - Malawi), Namwera AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC- Malawi)
Ministry Affiliation
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COVID-19 Response
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NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
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Education areas
Attainment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- School facilities
- School quality
- Teacher training
Skills
- Other academic performance-related
Cross-cutting areas
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Community sensitization
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Mentorship
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
Program participants
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
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Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
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Cross-cutting goals
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