Mar 17, 2021Is WhatsApp an unsung hero in the COVID-19 education crisis?In response to COVID-19, UNGEI collected a series of case studies on programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of the pandemic on education. Organisations and networks providing essential and gender-responsive support to learners and teachers throughout the pandemic shared their innovations, lessons learned, and challenges faced through a year of…Girls Education5 min readGirls Education5 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Feb 15, 2021Calling Young Feminist Creatives!Imagine a gender equal world. One without gender based violence, and filled with girls’ potential. It is a future world where feminist leadership is engrained within education and there are no barriers for girls to access quality & safe schooling. What does a school day look like? Who are the…Feminism1 min readFeminism1 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Feb 3, 2021How Transnational Feminist Organizing Offers a Model for the FutureBased on an interview with Joanne Sandler by Natasha Harris-Harb & Aayushi Aggarwal How Transnational Feminist Organizing Offers a Model for the Future Based on an interview with Joanne Sandler by Natasha Harris-Harb and Aayushi Aggarwal Over the past year, the world has undergone massive change due to the COVID-19…Feminism5 min readFeminism5 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Jan 29, 2021The “shadow pandemic”: what’s in a narrative?By Maryjacob Okwuosa, Whisper to Humanity and Gloria Diamond, UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Whether on Twitter, online, in the news, you may have heard the term “shadow pandemic”, to describe the growing rates of violence against women and girls amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a narrative that has…Covid 196 min readCovid 196 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Jan 22, 2021Transform Education: International Education Day24th January 2021 marks the third annual International Education Day. This year’s theme is “Recover and Revitalize Education for the Covid-19 Generation”. This #EducationDay Transform Education, a youth led coalition hosted by UNGEI, is celebrating the ways in which Education Transformers (aka youth led networks) are working to recover &…Gender Equality2 min readGender Equality2 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Jan 18, 2021Walking the walk towards more gender-responsive education systems in ZimbabweBy Feyi Rodway, FHI360 For education to realize its gender-transformative potential, boys and girls must have equal access to, and benefit equally from, education. To achieve this goal, we need education systems that are gender-responsive by design. The Gender-Responsive Education Sector Planning (GRESP) programme aims to do just that. To…Gender Equality4 min readGender Equality4 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Jan 13, 2021Real Talk: A fierce feminist community of solidarity and activismBy Gloria Diamond and Natasha Harris-Harb Continuing UNGEI’s 2020 tradition of intergenerational dialogue and activism in response to the challenges posed by COVID-19, we held a Real Talk event on “Tackling the Shadow Pandemic” in December last year. This event is part of our #InSolidarityWithGirls advocacy campaign to put issues…Covid 193 min readCovid 193 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Jan 6, 2021The right mix of ingredients for fighting structural inequality in education: institutions and gender-responsive education sector planningBy Feyi Rodway, FHI360 While talk of “getting the consistency right” and “velvet triangles”¹ may make us think of science experiments or complex recipes, these terms can in fact help us understand the power of institutions and networks to bring about change. Initial findings from an independent review of the…Gender Equality5 min readGender Equality5 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Dec 10, 2020Chalking Back against Gender-Based Violence in SchoolsBy Kelsie and Sophie, Chalk Back Chalk Back is a collective of young activists around the world raising awareness about gender-based harassment and violence. We receive anonymous testimonials via Instagram direct message, chalk the stories on the streets of our cities, and then post the images on Instagram. Through our…Gender Based Violence4 min readGender Based Violence4 min read
Published in UNGEI Blog·Dec 7, 2020A Whole School Approach to preventing SRGBV: How teachers in Zimbabwe are promoting safe learning environmentsBy Lydia Madyirapanze, National Coordinator, FAWE Zimbabwe For a long time, Africa’s education systems reflected the accepted gender roles in societies. This has carved a standardized socialization of how girls and boys, men and women should behave and approach situations. In typical African society, males are socialized to be powerful…Gender Based Violence4 min readGender Based Violence4 min read
