Project profile — Improving Adolescent Girls’ Inclusive Education in Mali

• Mali (100.00%)

• Education policy and administrative management:
Education policy and administrative management (11110) (20.00%)
Education facilities and training (11120) (15.00%)
Teacher training (11130) (15.00%)
• Primary education:
Primary education (11220) (35.00%)
Basic life skills for youth (11231) (10.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (5.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Children's issues (principal objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)

The project aims to improve the realization of rights to inclusive, quality and gender-sensitive education for 90,000 conflict-affected girls and adolescent girls in 11 communities in the Segou and Mopti regions of Mali. Project activities include: (1) raising awareness among adolescent boys and girls about the skills and abilities to have in order to make gender relations more positive and beneficial for women; (2) training teachers on gender and conflict-sensitive curriculum content; (3) training targeted school managers on their roles to support inclusive, safe and gender-sensitive learning environments; (4) training government officials, members of community groups and women's organizations on gender-specific barriers to education, education laws/policies/standards and evidence-based advocacy; and (5) organizing national and regional forums with key education stakeholders (civil society organizations, government officials) to share the results of case studies in Mali and to advocate for girls' education. This project is being implemented by Plan International Canada, in partnership with World Vision Canada and Save the Children Canada.

Project expected outcomes include: (1) increased agency of girls, in particular adolescent girls in crisis-affected communities, to access and progress through basic education; (2) improved equitable provision of inclusive, gender-responsive, conflict-sensitive and quality education for girls, boys, and adolescent girls and boys in crisis-affected communities; (3) increased accountability and responsiveness of education stakeholders to girls' and adolescent girls’ education in crisis-affected areas.

Results achieved as of March 31, 2024 include: (1) 245,425 children, including 122,269 girls, acquired adequate knowledge to identify and combat gender-specific obstacles to education; (2) 48,720 parents or guardians, including 24,070 women, developed equitable and favorable attitudes and perceptions towards the education of girls and adolescents; (3) 3,207 teachers, including 890 women, acquired adequate knowledge and developed positive attitudes to provide quality inclusive education in 903 schools; (4) 1,190 children and adolescents, including 511 girls and adolescents, participated in home and community learning initiatives; (5) 1,654 children and adolescents, including 871 girls and adolescents, participated in the accelerated education program; (6) 5,687 children and adolescents, including 2,896 girls and adolescents, benefited from remedial lessons; and (7) 12,378 displaced children, including 6,224 girls, benefited from school kits (including pencils, notebooks and small school materials).

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