Project profile — The Right to Education for Every Girl in Côte d'Ivoire

• Côte d'Ivoire (100.00%)

• Basic Education: Primary education (11220) (30.00%)
• Secondary education:
Secondary education (11320) (30.00%)
Vocational training (11330) (20.00%)
• Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions:
Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (10.00%)
Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (principal objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The project contributes to increasing the school completion rate of girls and adolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 18, mainly in the Tonkpi, Tchologo and Bounkani regions and the Abidjan district in Côte d’Ivoire. This is achieved through increased access to education for girls and adolescent girls, including those with a handicap, and the provision of gender-sensitive, safe and inclusive education. The project also allows adolescent girls who have dropped out of school to access the education system through vocational training in order to ensure a sustainable future. Project activities include: (1) producing and broadcasting the television program Voices of Youth to promote girls’ right to education and to engage communities in advocating for this right; (2) building and rehabilitating latrines and changing rooms in primary and secondary schools so that girls feel safe; (3) training teachers on gender and active pedagogy to take gender needs into account; (4) supporting vocational and technical training institutions in providing and promoting training for out-of-school adolescent girls in non-traditional fields; and (5) institutionalizing the Individualized Support Plan which aims to diagnose the causes of academic underperformance and to implement appropriate remedial measures. This initiative contributes to Canada's G7 commitment in support of women and girls’ education in crisis and conflict situations.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable access for girls to safe, inclusive and quality education and learning opportunities; (2) equitable, coordinated and improved provision of gender-sensitive and quality formal education from early childhood to the end of secondary school for girls; and (3) increased equitable provision of gender-sensitive quality technical and vocational training for adolescent girls, including out-of-school adolescent girls.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) accessed 2,344 girls with learning difficulties to personalized school success programs; (2) constructed 140 separate latrines for girls; (3) provided community mental health and psychosocial support for parents and caregivers of 104,304 children; (4) 1,247,097 children, including 568,149 girls, in formal or non-formal early learning and pre-primary programs participated during school closures in times of emergency; (5) trained 41 statisticians to collect, monitor and analyze data on girls' education; (6) raised awareness among 258,728 people, including 92,749 girls and 65,600 boys, on the protection and schooling of girls in collaboration with 168 social centers; and (7) provided care for more than 5,000 child victims of violence, abuse and exploitation, including 3,978 girls and 1,996 boys.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities: The Right to Education for Every Girl in Côte d'Ivoire - Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)