Girls' Education and Women's Empowerment and Livelihood Project (GEWEL)
- P Project/Program
A Active
Key Information
The Girl's Education and Women's Empowerment and Livelihoods Project for the Republic of Zambia will support the Government of Zambia to increase access to livelihood support for women and access to secondary education for disadvantaged adolescent girls in extremely poor households in selected districts. The main beneficiaries of the proposed project will be women aged 19 to 64 years old who are fit for work and adolescent girls aged 14 to 18 years old living in extremely poor households in rural areas. The project consists of three components: component 1, supporting women’s livelihoods; component 2, keeping girls in school; and component 3, institutional strengthening and systems building. The first component supports women’s livelihoods, the second component supports the Keeping Girls in School Initiative, and the third component supports institutional strengthening and system building. The proposed project will not only improve livelihoods and expand access to education through Components 1 and 2 but also aims to improve targeting by building and strengthening systems for implementation. The creation of these systems under this project is expected to further increase the interest of the Government (and external financiers) in investing in livelihood interventions and in covering secondary school fees by channeling funds through the systems that will be set up through this project. Components 1 and 2 will both target extremely poor households, but the categorical targeting used in each component will differ to avoid the same households benefitting from both interventions. Component 1 will target women in households that are not SCTS beneficiaries but are extremely poor and have available labor. Component 2 will target adolescent girls aged 14 to 18 years old in extremely poor households that have high labor dependency ratios
Lead Implementing Government(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2015 - 2024
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
Zambia Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), Zambia Ministry of EducationFunder(s)
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
NationalAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Financial literacy
Cross-cutting areas
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Gender equality
Program participants
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations
Policy/legal environment
- System-wide review and reform
Reducing economic barriers
- Financial literacy training
- Income-generating activities
- Scholarships/stipends for school fees
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased secondary school completion
- Increased secondary school enrolment
Cross-cutting goals
- Increased employment/job-related skills
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced poverty/increase household well-being