Girls in School
Access to education is a human right. Ensuring education for girls means all that is possible is realized. Education advances gender equity, feeds intellectual growth, increases individual and collective economic opportunity, raises communities and nations from poverty, and fosters creativity.
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North America
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Rise Up is a non-profit organization that works with leaders in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States, partnering with women, girls, and allies for gender equity and justice in education, health, and economic opportunity globally. For example, Rise Up introduced the Leadership & Advocacy Accelerator training to Brazil.
Latin America & The Caribbean
South America
Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund to champion every girls’ right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund is creating a more equal world where all girls go to school by investing in local education activists, advocating to hold leaders accountable, and amplifying girls’ voices.
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
She’s the First fights for a world where every girl chooses her own future. They team up with local organizations to make sure girls are educated, respected, and heard. She’s the First is a community of advocates and change makers; ambitious students and dedicated teachers; inspiring artists and seasoned policymakers; resilient mothers and feminist fathers; community organizers and business leaders – fighting gender inequality through education.
The Global Girls’ Bill of Rights is a declaration of the rights all girls are entitled to, written by girls, for girls. It was created for the 2019 International Day of the Girl and was presented to the United Nations. In total, the Girls’ Bill of Rights reached over 150 million people around the world.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Founded in 1937, Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International has a bold new ambition to work with 100 million girls to transform their lives. Girls Get Equal is their global campaign demanding power, freedom and representation for girls and young women. The Activist Hub has inspiration, resources, and tools for campaigners. Share Your Power allows you to stand in solidarity with girls across the globe in the pursuit of gender equality.
Education Cannot Wait is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. ECW was established during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by international humanitarian and development aid actors, along with public and private donors, to help reposition education as a priority on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a more collaborative approach among actors on the ground and foster additional funding to ensure that every crisis-affected child and young person is in school and learning.
Because I am a Girl is an initiative of Plan International Canada working to advance girls’ rights by helping them unleash their inherent power and potential. Plan International is standing with girls and young women by providing a platform, opportunities and support for them to become leaders to advocate for change in their lives, in their community, or around the world. Girls are at the forefront of movements to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ban child marriage. Campaigns also continue in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, the US, and UK.
60 Million Girls is a Montreal-based public foundation dedicated to girls’ education in developing countries. To achieve the goal of gender equality in educational opportunities, 60 Million Girls partners with Canadian charities that have a proven and sustainable track record. Healthy, safe, empowered girls transform families, communities and countries.
Equality League advances gender equality in sport by changing discriminatory policies and practices that obstruct access, equality, and safety for women and girls. EQL seeks power, protection, and (equal) pay and prize money for athletes in America and around the world. The Athlete Advocacy Training trains a global network of athlete advocates on athletes’ rights, storytelling, campaigns, and coalition building.
Girlhood Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published in association with the International Girls Studies Association, devoted to the study of girlhood: with, for, and about girls. Girlhood Studies solicits manuscripts from a variety of disciplines.
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/girlhood-studies/girlhood-studies-overview.xml
ACESWorld works to accelerate learning, earning, and agency of adolescent girls and women and to end global poverty by removing barriers to health, education, and agency through programs, partnerships, and knowledge exchange to create a world of shared prosperity. ACESWorld envisions an end to all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
Graduate Women International is a world-wide NGO of women graduates promoting life-long education and advocating for advancement of girls and women. GWI advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels, with the vision of 100% of girls and women in the world achieving education beyond primary school.
The Maiden Factor raises awareness of the 130 million girls worldwide who are currently not able to access an education by interacting with, fundraising for and supporting community programmes worldwide which enable girls into education and support them to remain there through their teenage years. Maiden sails around the world, landing in ports to promote education and STEM for girls in particular.
The Mariposa DR Foundation creates sustainable solutions to end generational poverty by educating girls to become empowered young women and inspiring the international community to join the global movement. The Mariposa Center is a model designed to demonstrate the value of investing in girls’ futures.
Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX) is a Peruvian feminist NGO advocating for sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America. They provide resources about adolescent health, sexual diversity, sexual violence, abortion, undesired pregnancy, human trafficking for sexual exploitation, and obstetric violence. They are also fighting for equitable education for girls. Through political advocacy, knowledge generation, and alliances, they aim to help people decide about their sexuality and reproduction with autonomy, dignity, justice, and equality.
Rise Up is a non-profit organization that works with leaders in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States, partnering with women, girls, and allies for gender equity and justice in education, health, and economic opportunity globally. For example, Rise Up introduced the Leadership & Advocacy Accelerator training to Brazil.
Liga Internacional de Mujeres Por La Paz y La Libertad Limpial Colombia is a feminist, pacifist, and anti-militarist organization and affiliate in Colombia of the Women's International League For Peace and Freedom (WILPF) movement. They aim to strengthen the collective processes that enhance the political agency of women.
https://limpalcolombia.org/es/
They also offer a virtual learning environment built with the purpose of reducing inequality gaps for women in access to knowledge, since it is completely free and easy to use on different technological devices. Participants have the opportunity to access three courses autonomously and advance at their own pace of knowledge appropriation through the proposed themes and contents with the support of tutors who accompany the processes of each course.
Europe
Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund to champion every girls’ right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund is creating a more equal world where all girls go to school by investing in local education activists, advocating to hold leaders accountable, and amplifying girls’ voices.
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
She’s the First fights for a world where every girl chooses her own future. They team up with local organizations to make sure girls are educated, respected, and heard. She’s the First is a community of advocates and change makers; ambitious students and dedicated teachers; inspiring artists and seasoned policymakers; resilient mothers and feminist fathers; community organizers and business leaders – fighting gender inequality through education.
The Global Girls’ Bill of Rights is a declaration of the rights all girls are entitled to, written by girls, for girls. It was created for the 2019 International Day of the Girl and was presented to the United Nations. In total, the Girls’ Bill of Rights reached over 150 million people around the world.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Founded in 1937, Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International has a bold new ambition to work with 100 million girls to transform their lives. Girls Get Equal is their global campaign demanding power, freedom and representation for girls and young women. The Activist Hub has inspiration, resources, and tools for campaigners. Share Your Power allows you to stand in solidarity with girls across the globe in the pursuit of gender equality.
Education Cannot Wait is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. ECW was established during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by international humanitarian and development aid actors, along with public and private donors, to help reposition education as a priority on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a more collaborative approach among actors on the ground and foster additional funding to ensure that every crisis-affected child and young person is in school and learning.
Because I am a Girl is an initiative of Plan International Canada working to advance girls’ rights by helping them unleash their inherent power and potential. Plan International is standing with girls and young women by providing a platform, opportunities and support for them to become leaders to advocate for change in their lives, in their community, or around the world. Girls are at the forefront of movements to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ban child marriage. Campaigns also continue in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, the US, and UK.
60 Million Girls is a Montreal-based public foundation dedicated to girls’ education in developing countries. To achieve the goal of gender equality in educational opportunities, 60 Million Girls partners with Canadian charities that have a proven and sustainable track record. Healthy, safe, empowered girls transform families, communities and countries.
Equality League advances gender equality in sport by changing discriminatory policies and practices that obstruct access, equality, and safety for women and girls. EQL seeks power, protection, and (equal) pay and prize money for athletes in America and around the world. The Athlete Advocacy Training trains a global network of athlete advocates on athletes’ rights, storytelling, campaigns, and coalition building.
Girlhood Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published in association with the International Girls Studies Association, devoted to the study of girlhood: with, for, and about girls. Girlhood Studies solicits manuscripts from a variety of disciplines.
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/girlhood-studies/girlhood-studies-overview.xml
ACESWorld works to accelerate learning, earning, and agency of adolescent girls and women and to end global poverty by removing barriers to health, education, and agency through programs, partnerships, and knowledge exchange to create a world of shared prosperity. ACESWorld envisions an end to all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
Girls Who Code implements data-driven solutions to address the gender gap in tech in the US, Canada, the UK, and India. Over 8,500 programs offered by Girls Who Code range from Grade 3 to College and Career levels, with club programs for younger students, virtual summer programs for high school students, and support and internships for 18-25 year olds.
Graduate Women International is a world-wide NGO of women graduates promoting life-long education and advocating for advancement of girls and women. GWI advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels, with the vision of 100% of girls and women in the world achieving education beyond primary school.
The Maiden Factor raises awareness of the 130 million girls worldwide who are currently not able to access an education by interacting with, fundraising for and supporting community programmes worldwide which enable girls into education and support them to remain there through their teenage years. Maiden sails around the world, landing in ports to promote education and STEM for girls in particular.
Africa
Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund to champion every girls’ right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund is creating a more equal world where all girls go to school by investing in local education activists, advocating to hold leaders accountable, and amplifying girls’ voices.
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
She’s the First fights for a world where every girl chooses her own future. They team up with local organizations to make sure girls are educated, respected, and heard. She’s the First is a community of advocates and change makers; ambitious students and dedicated teachers; inspiring artists and seasoned policymakers; resilient mothers and feminist fathers; community organizers and business leaders – fighting gender inequality through education.
The Global Girls’ Bill of Rights is a declaration of the rights all girls are entitled to, written by girls, for girls. It was created for the 2019 International Day of the Girl and was presented to the United Nations. In total, the Girls’ Bill of Rights reached over 150 million people around the world.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Founded in 1937, Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International has a bold new ambition to work with 100 million girls to transform their lives. Girls Get Equal is their global campaign demanding power, freedom and representation for girls and young women. The Activist Hub has inspiration, resources, and tools for campaigners. Share Your Power allows you to stand in solidarity with girls across the globe in the pursuit of gender equality.
Education Cannot Wait is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. ECW was established during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by international humanitarian and development aid actors, along with public and private donors, to help reposition education as a priority on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a more collaborative approach among actors on the ground and foster additional funding to ensure that every crisis-affected child and young person is in school and learning.
Because I am a Girl is an initiative of Plan International Canada working to advance girls’ rights by helping them unleash their inherent power and potential. Plan International is standing with girls and young women by providing a platform, opportunities and support for them to become leaders to advocate for change in their lives, in their community, or around the world. Girls are at the forefront of movements to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ban child marriage. Campaigns also continue in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, the US, and UK.
Girl Effect builds youth brands, mobile platforms, and apps to empower girls to change their lives. Creative experts in media, mobile, brand, and international development work where girls are marginalized and vulnerable. Serving millions of girls in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, Girl Effect uses technology to reach girls at scale so every girl can choose to be in control of her body, her health, her learning, and livelihood.
60 Million Girls is a Montreal-based public foundation dedicated to girls’ education in developing countries. To achieve the goal of gender equality in educational opportunities, 60 Million Girls partners with Canadian charities that have a proven and sustainable track record. Healthy, safe, empowered girls transform families, communities and countries.
Equality League advances gender equality in sport by changing discriminatory policies and practices that obstruct access, equality, and safety for women and girls. EQL seeks power, protection, and (equal) pay and prize money for athletes in America and around the world. The Athlete Advocacy Training trains a global network of athlete advocates on athletes’ rights, storytelling, campaigns, and coalition building.
Girlhood Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published in association with the International Girls Studies Association, devoted to the study of girlhood: with, for, and about girls. Girlhood Studies solicits manuscripts from a variety of disciplines.
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/girlhood-studies/girlhood-studies-overview.xml
ACESWorld works to accelerate learning, earning, and agency of adolescent girls and women and to end global poverty by removing barriers to health, education, and agency through programs, partnerships, and knowledge exchange to create a world of shared prosperity. ACESWorld envisions an end to all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
Graduate Women International is a world-wide NGO of women graduates promoting life-long education and advocating for advancement of girls and women. GWI advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels, with the vision of 100% of girls and women in the world achieving education beyond primary school.
The Maiden Factor raises awareness of the 130 million girls worldwide who are currently not able to access an education by interacting with, fundraising for and supporting community programmes worldwide which enable girls into education and support them to remain there through their teenage years. Maiden sails around the world, landing in ports to promote education and STEM for girls in particular.
The Campaign for Female Education catalyzes the power of the most vulnerable girls and young women to create the future they imagine: for themselves, their communities and for Africa. CAMFED has created a model that radically improves girls’ prospects of becoming independent, influential women with programs that tackle poverty and inequality by providing the financial and social support girls need to learn, thrive and lead.
Rise Up is a non-profit organization that works with leaders in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States, partnering with women, girls, and allies for gender equity and justice in education, health, and economic opportunity globally. For example, Rise Up introduced the Leadership & Advocacy Accelerator training to Brazil.
Asia
Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund to champion every girls’ right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund is creating a more equal world where all girls go to school by investing in local education activists, advocating to hold leaders accountable, and amplifying girls’ voices.
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
She’s the First fights for a world where every girl chooses her own future. They team up with local organizations to make sure girls are educated, respected, and heard. She’s the First is a community of advocates and change makers; ambitious students and dedicated teachers; inspiring artists and seasoned policymakers; resilient mothers and feminist fathers; community organizers and business leaders – fighting gender inequality through education.
The Global Girls’ Bill of Rights is a declaration of the rights all girls are entitled to, written by girls, for girls. It was created for the 2019 International Day of the Girl and was presented to the United Nations. In total, the Girls’ Bill of Rights reached over 150 million people around the world.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Founded in 1937, Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International has a bold new ambition to work with 100 million girls to transform their lives. Girls Get Equal is their global campaign demanding power, freedom and representation for girls and young women. The Activist Hub has inspiration, resources, and tools for campaigners. Share Your Power allows you to stand in solidarity with girls across the globe in the pursuit of gender equality.
Education Cannot Wait is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. ECW was established during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by international humanitarian and development aid actors, along with public and private donors, to help reposition education as a priority on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a more collaborative approach among actors on the ground and foster additional funding to ensure that every crisis-affected child and young person is in school and learning.
The Milaan Foundation is a social impact organization, which envisions an inclusive and equal world, where every girl has the knowledge, skills, and social environment to pursue her dreams and explore her full potential. By 2030, Milaan will empower 10 million girls across India and build a movement of Girl Leaders with a thriving ecosystem of change-makers and networks.
Because I am a Girl is an initiative of Plan International Canada working to advance girls’ rights by helping them unleash their inherent power and potential. Plan International is standing with girls and young women by providing a platform, opportunities and support for them to become leaders to advocate for change in their lives, in their community, or around the world. Girls are at the forefront of movements to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ban child marriage. Campaigns also continue in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, the US, and UK.
Girl Effect builds youth brands, mobile platforms, and apps to empower girls to change their lives. Creative experts in media, mobile, brand, and international development work where girls are marginalized and vulnerable. Serving millions of girls in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, Girl Effect uses technology to reach girls at scale so every girl can choose to be in control of her body, her health, her learning, and livelihood.
60 Million Girls is a Montreal-based public foundation dedicated to girls’ education in developing countries. To achieve the goal of gender equality in educational opportunities, 60 Million Girls partners with Canadian charities that have a proven and sustainable track record. Healthy, safe, empowered girls transform families, communities and countries.
Equality League advances gender equality in sport by changing discriminatory policies and practices that obstruct access, equality, and safety for women and girls. EQL seeks power, protection, and (equal) pay and prize money for athletes in America and around the world. The Athlete Advocacy Training trains a global network of athlete advocates on athletes’ rights, storytelling, campaigns, and coalition building.
Girlhood Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published in association with the International Girls Studies Association, devoted to the study of girlhood: with, for, and about girls. Girlhood Studies solicits manuscripts from a variety of disciplines.
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/girlhood-studies/girlhood-studies-overview.xml
ACESWorld works to accelerate learning, earning, and agency of adolescent girls and women and to end global poverty by removing barriers to health, education, and agency through programs, partnerships, and knowledge exchange to create a world of shared prosperity. ACESWorld envisions an end to all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
Graduate Women International is a world-wide NGO of women graduates promoting life-long education and advocating for advancement of girls and women. GWI advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels, with the vision of 100% of girls and women in the world achieving education beyond primary school.
The Maiden Factor raises awareness of the 130 million girls worldwide who are currently not able to access an education by interacting with, fundraising for and supporting community programmes worldwide which enable girls into education and support them to remain there through their teenage years. Maiden sails around the world, landing in ports to promote education and STEM for girls in particular.
Rise Up is a non-profit organization that works with leaders in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States, partnering with women, girls, and allies for gender equity and justice in education, health, and economic opportunity globally. For example, Rise Up introduced the Leadership & Advocacy Accelerator training to Brazil.
Oceania
Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund to champion every girls’ right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund is creating a more equal world where all girls go to school by investing in local education activists, advocating to hold leaders accountable, and amplifying girls’ voices.
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
She’s the First fights for a world where every girl chooses her own future. They team up with local organizations to make sure girls are educated, respected, and heard. She’s the First is a community of advocates and change makers; ambitious students and dedicated teachers; inspiring artists and seasoned policymakers; resilient mothers and feminist fathers; community organizers and business leaders – fighting gender inequality through education.
The Global Girls’ Bill of Rights is a declaration of the rights all girls are entitled to, written by girls, for girls. It was created for the 2019 International Day of the Girl and was presented to the United Nations. In total, the Girls’ Bill of Rights reached over 150 million people around the world.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Founded in 1937, Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International has a bold new ambition to work with 100 million girls to transform their lives. Girls Get Equal is their global campaign demanding power, freedom and representation for girls and young women. The Activist Hub has inspiration, resources, and tools for campaigners. Share Your Power allows you to stand in solidarity with girls across the globe in the pursuit of gender equality.
Education Cannot Wait is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. ECW was established during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by international humanitarian and development aid actors, along with public and private donors, to help reposition education as a priority on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a more collaborative approach among actors on the ground and foster additional funding to ensure that every crisis-affected child and young person is in school and learning.
Because I am a Girl is an initiative of Plan International Canada working to advance girls’ rights by helping them unleash their inherent power and potential. Plan International is standing with girls and young women by providing a platform, opportunities and support for them to become leaders to advocate for change in their lives, in their community, or around the world. Girls are at the forefront of movements to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ban child marriage. Campaigns also continue in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, the US, and UK.
60 Million Girls is a Montreal-based public foundation dedicated to girls’ education in developing countries. To achieve the goal of gender equality in educational opportunities, 60 Million Girls partners with Canadian charities that have a proven and sustainable track record. Healthy, safe, empowered girls transform families, communities and countries.
Equality League advances gender equality in sport by changing discriminatory policies and practices that obstruct access, equality, and safety for women and girls. EQL seeks power, protection, and (equal) pay and prize money for athletes in America and around the world. The Athlete Advocacy Training trains a global network of athlete advocates on athletes’ rights, storytelling, campaigns, and coalition building.
Girlhood Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published in association with the International Girls Studies Association, devoted to the study of girlhood: with, for, and about girls. Girlhood Studies solicits manuscripts from a variety of disciplines.
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/girlhood-studies/girlhood-studies-overview.xml
ACESWorld works to accelerate learning, earning, and agency of adolescent girls and women and to end global poverty by removing barriers to health, education, and agency through programs, partnerships, and knowledge exchange to create a world of shared prosperity. ACESWorld envisions an end to all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
Graduate Women International is a world-wide NGO of women graduates promoting life-long education and advocating for advancement of girls and women. GWI advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels, with the vision of 100% of girls and women in the world achieving education beyond primary school.
The Maiden Factor raises awareness of the 130 million girls worldwide who are currently not able to access an education by interacting with, fundraising for and supporting community programmes worldwide which enable girls into education and support them to remain there through their teenage years. Maiden sails around the world, landing in ports to promote education and STEM for girls in particular.