Keeping Adolescent Girls in School in Tanzania

The project ensures that girls realize their right to safe quality gender-responsive education by improving the participation of adolescent girls in primary and secondary education in Tanzania. Project activities include: (1) increasing the availability of gender-responsive school facilities such as latrines and access to adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services; (2) addressing the financial constraints poor girls and their families face by providing economic opportunities to support girls’ education; (3) offering re-entry points for out-of-school girls particularly girls in remote communities and those living with disabilities; and (4) supporting girls’ transition from primary to secondary school or alternative learning programs for girls barred from enrolling due to pregnancy or early motherhood. This is achieved through cost-effective solutions to enable safe transport to secondary and alternative learning centres.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved agency of adolescent girls (defined as the capacity to act and exert power over one’s life) to exercise their rights to education and sexual and reproductive health; (2) improved provision of gender-responsive education and sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent girls; and (3) strengthened local education sector governance to support access to safe quality gender-responsive schools.