Gender Inclusion Fund (GIF)
- F Funding Initiative/Portfolio
A Active
Key Information
India's National Education Policy, 2020, provides guidelines for setting up a Gender Inclusion Fund (GIF) especially for girls and transgender students to build the nation’s capacity to provide equitable quality education for all girls as well as transgender students. The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, has incorporated several interventions for girls in its revamped Samagra Shiksha Scheme, which includes providing free textbooks and uniforms to all girls at elementary level; Residential Schools/Hostels, Transport/Escort Facility, aids and appliances for Children with Special Needs (CWSN); upgradation of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) to provide residential and schooling facilities up to Class-XII; separate provision of stipend for CWSN girls; incinerator and sanitary pad vending machines in all girls’ hostels and self defence training for girls in govt. schools for inculcating skills for self-protection and selfdevelopment.
Lead Implementing Government(s)
Location(s)
South Asia
India
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2020 -
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of EducationFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
AdaptedGeographic Scope
NationalAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- School facilities
- School quality
Cross-cutting areas
- Community sensitization
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Mentorship
- Nutrition
- Other cultural practices
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Sports
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
- School administrators
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
- LGBTQ+
Program Approaches Back to Top
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
Menstrual hygiene management
- Educating girls about menstruation
Reducing economic barriers
- Addressing cost of school supplies
- Uniforms
Water and sanitation
- Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved critical thinking
- Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Increased years of schooling
- Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved critical consciousness
- Improved health - other
- Improved mental health
- Improved nutrition
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
- Increased agency and empowerment
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)