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Providing New Opportunities to Adolescent Girls in Socially Conservative Settings:The Ishraq Program in Rural Upper Egypt
Population Council, 2007Ishraq' is a multidimensional programme launched in 2001 to respond to the unmet needs of out-of-school girls aged 13-15; among the most disadvantaged adolescents in rural Upper Egypt, in one of the country's poorest regions.DocumentGirls in Canada 2005
2005What is the situation of girls in Canada? This study focuses on girls from the time of birth up to the age of 18. It identifies their state of well/ill-being compared to boys, the major challenges girls in Canada face, and makes recommendations for programming. In early childhood, girls start off better than boys.DocumentThe girls' stipend program in Bangladesh
Journal of Education for International Development, 2006The Female Stipend Programme (FSP) created in 1982 in Bangladesh has dramatically raised the enrolment and retention of girls in secondary schools to parity with boys (at 47%). However, it has achieved less success in its other objectives: of delaying marriage, increasing contraceptive use and in reducing fertility rates.DocumentPregnancy-related school dropout and prior school performance in South Africa
Population Council, USA, 2006Using data collected in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in 2001, this paper examines the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy, as well as the likelihood of school dropout and subsequent re-enrolment among pregnant schoolgirls.DocumentLittle Equals
Espace Femmes, 2005Les p'tits egaux' is a tool book for the promotion of equality between girls and boys aged between 5 and 9. It is an adaptation from a training programme developed by the Canadian Directorate of Public Health Montreal-Centre in 1997. Its activities show that women, just as men, can play a great role in the society.DocumentGirls and science: a training module on motivating girls to embark on science and technology careers
Education Sector, UNESCO, 2006What practical guidance and training is available for educators to help redress the under-representation and under-achievement of girls in science and technology subjects in African countries?Document2004 ZIM: Comprehensive Review of Gender Issues in the Education Sector
2004In Zimbabwe, key indicators on enrolment, access to, and completion in education show stagnation in educational development between 1990 and 2001. Within this, serious disparities and inequalities are revealed with gender being a key contributory factor.DocumentLife Skills, Sexual Maturation and Sanitation: What's (not) Happening in our Schools? An Explanatory Study from Zimbabwe
Women's Law Centre, University of Zimbabwe, 2004Education is a key part of development for both men and women and also for the emancipation of women. Yet in Zimbabwe, although girls start at near parity with boys in terms of entry into primary school, they suffer much higher rates of attrition. Boys also drop out of school and do not attain the maximum levels of education.DocumentTowards Universal Primary Education: Investments, Incentives, and Institutions
Millennium Project, 2005The reality is that many countries will miss the 2005 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of gender parity in primary education. What could improve the chance of meeting the 2015 Goals? This report from the Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality offers a set of interventions that countries can choose from to help provide universal access to high-quality education.DocumentState of the world's mothers 2005: the power and promise of girls’ education
Save the Children Fund, 2005Although total primary school enrolment rates have recently risen in every region of the developing world, there is still a significant gender education gap. Of 650 million children of primary school age in the world, 103 million do not attend school, and the majority of them are girls. This progress report focuses on girls' education.Pages