In 2021, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge and Information Exchange (KIX) began funding research on gender norms in Burkina Faso, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and São Tomé & Príncipe that could inform knowledge mobilization and capacity strengthening strategies to promote gender equality in schools.
The research team unearthed disparities in girls’ access to education within the region and identified the extent to which inadequate financial resources, child marriage, and familial duties uphold gender inequality in each country context.
Improving knowledge on gender norms to promote gender equality in schools in Africa was foremost a research project. The lead institution, the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), explored innovations on gender equality and analyzed contextual factors that influence the integration of gender equality into education systems.
Read the outcomes (English) and download the reports (French).