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African Women and Girls – Their say on their world post-2015
Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development, 2014The Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD), has released a landmark publication that details the voices of African women and girls in the post Millennium Development Goals discussion. African women and girls at the Grassroots – their say on their world post 2015 is a representation of African women’s voices from the grassroots.DocumentStrong girls, powerful women: program planning and design for adolescent girls in humanitarian settings
Women's Refugee Commission, 2014In collaboration with implementing partners, the Women’s Refugee Commission tested promising approaches in adolescent girls’ programming by applying the learning from development contexts in pilot programmes in three displacement settings.DocumentTheory of Change on Child Marriage
2014Girls Not Brides has developed a ‘Theory of Change on Child Marriage’, a visual diagram that demonstrates the range of approaches needed to address child marriage and how they intersect. Informed by the insights of Girls Not Brides members and other experts on child marriage, the Theory of Change articulates what an effective response to child marriage entails.DocumentGender stereotypes and girl-child education in Nigeria
Commonwealth of Learning, 2013Over the years, the Nigerian government has expressed its commitment to female education. Despite this, and efforts by international organisations and others, girl-child educational attainment in Nigeria remains low; fewer girls go to school than boys, and the gender gap is said to widen as girls move up the formal education ladder.OrganisationEQUALITY for Peace and Democracy (EPD)
EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy (EPD) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to empowering women and youth at the community and policy levels in Afghanistan.DocumentTracking climate change funding: learning from gender-responsive budgeting
International Budget Partnership, 2014This paper looks at what budgeting for climate change initiatives can learn from gender-responsive budgeting (GRB).DocumentBeware of the echo: the impending return of demographic pressures in Egypt
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014For many years, Egypt experienced substantial demographic pressures on its education system and labour market. This paper discusses potential reasons for these increasing pressures, with a focus on the currently growing young adult population.DocumentThe impact of girls’ education on early marriage
Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2011What impact does the education of girls have on early marriage? This report by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Human Development Resource Centre (HDRC) provides an overview of the existing evidence on the impact of girls' education on early marriage, highlighting key resources and knowledge gaps. The following are among the key findings:DocumentChild Marriage in South Asia
Center for Food Safety, 2013Child marriage is a human rights crisis occurring on an alarming scale in South Asia. South Asia accounts for almost half of all child marriages that occur globally. Child marriage does not constitute a single rights violation; rather, every instance of it triggers a continuum of violations that continues throughout a girl’s life.