Rights to Inclusive Education and Retention of Girls in School - Response to COVID-19

The project reduces barriers to access and retention for more than 700 000 girls and adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 19 in the North-East West and Central regions of Côte d'Ivoire and the Abidjan district (Abobo and Yopougon-Songon). This project is providing additional funds in response to the immediate needs for education and gender-based violence generated by the coronavirus (COVID-19). Project activities include: (1) developing a distance learning monitoring system; (2) producing national educational resources in digital form for broadcast on radio/television; and (3) supporting the continuity of essential social services for the protection of women and girls.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) equitable and increased access for girls adolescent girls and women including those with disabilities to inclusive and quality education and learning opportunities; and (2) equitable and coordinated provision of safe quality and gender-sensitive formal and non-formal education for girls adolescent girls and boys and women.