Project profile — Supporting for girls' education in Mali

• Mali (100.00%)

• Education policy and administrative management:
Education policy and administrative management (11110) (10.00%)
Teacher training (11130) (25.00%)
• Basic Education: Primary education (11220) (50.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (15.00%)

• 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)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to reduce disparities in learning and academic achievement for girls from 6 to 12 years old in the first cycle of primary education in the regions of Mopti and Ségou. Project activities include: (1) providing conditional financial assistance to targeted vulnerable families to support girls’ education; (2) implementing innovative initiatives to improve the safety, protection and transportation of students, especially girls; (3) developing a digital teaching-support platform that has gender-sensitive educational and instructional tools and resources; and (4) holding training workshops for teachers on the content of a new curriculum and on inclusive and gender-responsive teaching. This project will benefit 44,500 people, including teachers, parents and community/religious leaders, 57% of them women.

The expected outcomes for this project include the following: (1) better retention of and academic achievement by girls in the first cycle of primary education in the regions of Mopti and Ségou; and (2) improved quality and gender sensitivity of the primary education system.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) organized 3,570 remedial sessions, reaching 2,943 children, including 2,450 girls; (2) organized 30 awareness workshops on obstacles to girls' education held with 1,534 members of mothers' associations, including 1,224 women; (3) supported 1,140 vulnerable families to benefit from cash transfers to support the education of their daughters; (4) organized 4 multimedia campaigns aimed at reducing barriers to girls' education reached 33,270 community members, including 14,990 women; and (5) trained 444 teachers, including 124 women, in inclusive pedagogy and gender equality.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities: Supporting girls' education in Mali - Response to COVID-19