Girls Learn International

  • A Advocate
  • N Network

Description

Girls Learn International (GLI), a program of the Feminist Majority Foundation, empowers and educates middle and high school students to advocate for human rights, equality, and universal education in the U.S. and around the world. Student-to-student, and student-to-parent, GLI is building a movement of informed advocates for universal girls’ education and a new generation of leaders and activists for social change.

Primary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Networking/Convening

Secondary Functions

  • N/A

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls' education partners

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Website

Girls Learn International

Headquarters location(s)

  • Los Angeles, California, United States of America
  • Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Office location(s)

  • N/A

Contacts

Ashley Steimer-KIng
Program Director
asteimerking@feminist.org
Girls Learn International

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • N/A

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