Project profile — Adolescent Girls’ Education in Crisis Initiative - program 2020 to 2022

• Uganda (33.40%)
• South Sudan (33.30%)
• Syria (33.30%)

• Basic Education: Basic life skills for youth (11231) (42.00%)
• Secondary Education: Secondary education (11320) (42.00%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health: Reproductive health care (13020) (16.00%)

• 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 (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (significant objective)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women aged 10 to 24 years, who are pursuing educational pathways in crisis-affected areas of Uganda, South Sudan and Syria. The project reaches marginalized girls and women who are refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the most vulnerable members of the host communities. Project activities include: (1) providing life skills sessions on healthy lifestyles, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), mental health, financial literacy and negotiation skills to existing and newly established girls' clubs and peer-to-peer groups; (2) providing financial assistance for the families of the most vulnerable adolescent girls and young women to address specific educational barriers; (3) holding training workshops for formal and non-formal teachers and school leaders on basic, gender responsive and inclusive pedagogical approaches, including providing psycho-social support; and (4) developing remote curricula for learners to use at home enhances access to education and improves the quality of home-based instruction. This project benefits 123,768 adolescent girls and young women, including approximately 37% refugees or IDPs. The project aims to reach an additional 23,164 teachers (formal and non-formal), educational leaders, other education professionals, members of boys’ clubs, and community and faith leaders, 61% women.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) reduced social, cultural and economic barriers to accessing safe, secure, gender equitable and quality upper-primary, secondary and skills-based education by adolescent girls and young women, including barriers such as Sexual Gender Based Violence and SRHR that are exacerbated during crisis; and (2) improved equitable and coordinated provision of quality, gender responsive, innovative and inclusive formal and non-formal educational opportunities that promote adolescent girls' and female youth empowerment and learning in crisis situations.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) improved adolescent girls’ decision-making regarding health, education, and finances by 32%; (2) increased student progress and graduation rates from 71.90% the previous year to 97.09%; (3) increased community support for girls' education, from 53% at baseline to 63%, which is closer to the project target of 69%; (4) improved attendance rate of adolescent girls and young women in project-supported schools, reaching 82%, nearing the 85% goal; and (5) enhanced knowledge and skills in educational practices among 71.92% of teachers, including formal and non-formal teachers, in South Sudan, surpassing the project target of 60%. This marks a significant improvement over the 45% observed at baseline.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities: Adolescent Girls’ Education in Crisis Initiative C-19 - project 2020 to 2022