Education for Gender Justice
- P Project/Program
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Key Information
The project focused on transforming education to promote gender justice and to fight inequality. Working with local civil society partners and in collaboration with the local government counterparts, Oxfam in Malawi promoted safe schools to improve the access, retention, and completion
of girls, with a strong focus on the mitigation of School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV). This project worked with councillors and traditional leaders to reform the underlying social norms that hinder
girls’ access to and completion of transformative education. The project promoted approaches aimed to improve numeracy and literacy, teachers’ professional development, access of girls to secondary education through bursaries, and gender responsive contents and methods. It also influenced more gender-responsive policies and financing, such as school re-entry for teenage mothers, and gender budget analysis/tracing by civil society and women’s rights organisations.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
Not applicable or unknown
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Gender equality
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Community leaders
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
- Policymakers
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
- Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
Program Approaches Back to Top
Mentoring/psychosocial support
- School-based counselors
Policy/legal environment
- Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
- Public-private partnerships
School-related gender-based violence
- Safe and welcoming schools
- Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Education sector plans, budgets, policies, and data systems are more gender-equitable
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased secondary school completion
- Increased secondary school enrolment
- Reduced absenteeism
- Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)