Advancing Girls' Education
- P Project/Program
A Active
Key Information
AGE Africa’s scholarship fund was launched in 2005 in response to the overwhelming need for financial support for girls’ education. Over the past 18 years, the fund has steadily grown from just 6 scholarships to over 500 scholarships in 2023. In Malawi, the indirect cost of education can often be more than twice the cost of tuition at secondary schools. AGE Africa’s scholarships not only assist girls with paying school fees but also with: the cost of uniforms, school supplies, transportation, and personal hygiene materials such as sanitary pads. Our scholarships aim to ensure that the most vulnerable girls stay in school and succeed.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi
Activity URL
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2005 -
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
AdaptedGeographic Scope
NationalAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
Cross-cutting areas
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Climate change
- Early/child marriage
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth
Age
13 - 25
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
- Vocational
- Tertiary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
- Improving transportation
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Mothers' clubs
Health and childcare services
- HIV prevention
Increased availability of learning materials
- Educational Radio or Television Programs
- Textbooks (paper)
- Textbooks (unspecified)
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
- Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
- Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building
Menstrual hygiene management
- Educating girls about menstruation
- Raising awareness about menstruation (beyond just girls)
- Sanitary product distribution
Mentoring/psychosocial support
- Peer mentors
- Teachers as mentors
Other
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
- Other activities to end child marriage (not captured above)
Policy/legal environment
- Raising awareness about existing laws/policies
Reducing economic barriers
- Addressing cost of school supplies
- Scholarships/stipends for school fees
- Unconditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households
- Uniforms
School-related gender-based violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
- Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
- Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
- Work with community leaders
Women's empowerment programs
- Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Increased enrolment in primary school
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased progression to secondary school
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Increased secondary school completion
- Increased secondary school enrolment
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
- Increased agency and empowerment
- Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
- Increased knowledge of rights
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Reduced child marriage
- Reduced intimate partner violence
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)