Institutional Support to the United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI)

This project aims to achieve equitable quality education for girls and boys particularly the poorest and most vulnerable in developing countries as well as in conflict crisis-affected and humanitarian settings. This project supports the implementation of UNGEI’s Strategic Priorities 2023 to 2027. As a leader in gender equality and education UNGEI works to increase awareness and participation of decision-makers in gender-responsive education sector planning and increase the data available to support the need for gender-responsive quality education in low-income countries. Project activities include: (1) championing feminist expertise leadership and partnerships in the education sector including girls’ and women’s rights movements; (2) engaging Ministries of Education (MoEs) and other education actors (including CSOs) to commit to and deliver gender transformative education policies and programmes; (3) catalyzing new strategies to protect and extend gains on addressing harmful gender norms and practises in and through education; (4) Leading and bringing together global and local expertise on gender and education to generate and improve utilization of data and evidence; and (5) Increasing support to/leadership of women in Ministries of Education including teachers principals and school staff.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced collective action and advocacy among a wide range of national regional and international education actors through events and online campaigns that target key stakeholders; (2) increased capacity for gender-responsive governance and leadership in education among national education stakeholders through a participatory gender review and learning events; and (3) increased access to evidence-based approaches including tools and guidance on best practice for building and strengthening gender-responsive education systems.