Girl Child Network

  • A Advocate
  • F Funder
  • I Implementer
  • N Network
  • R Researcher

Description

Girl Child Network (GCN) is an independent, non-political, and non-religious, non-profit organisation registered in Kenya, with regional operation in Somalia and Uganda. Girl Child Network was established in 1995 after the Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing by participating Kenyan Civil Society Organisations to facilitate in implementation of the Beijing Plan of Action, specifically Article 12, (The Girl Child) and coordinate Child Rights programming in Kenya, with emphasis on the girl child. Girl Child Network is a membership organisation comprised of a wide spectrum of actors on issues of child protection, gender, democracy and governance, research, policy advocacy, education, health, capacity development, HIV/AIDS and emergency response.

Primary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Program/Project Implementation
  • Research - other

Secondary Functions

  • Funding
  • Networking/Convening

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

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

Quality

  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Food/water security
  • HIV and STIs
  • Nutrition
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Sports
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls’ education funders

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

Girl Child Network

Headquarters location(s)

  • Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Office location(s)

  • Kenya

Contacts

Dennis Mutiso
Programs Director
Girl Child Network

Locations of current girls’ education work

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

  • Kenya
  • Somalia
  • Uganda

Projects Back to Top