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Working on gender equality in schools: Reflections from the TEGINT project

Image or text to go here. Working on gender equality in schools: Reflections from the TEGINT project. Jo Heslop & Elaine Unterhalter Institute of Education, University of London. Education for girls in Nigeria & Tanzania.

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Working on gender equality in schools: Reflections from the TEGINT project

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  1. Image or text to go here Working on gender equality in schools: Reflections from the TEGINT project Jo Heslop & Elaine Unterhalter Institute of Education, University of London

  2. Education for girls in Nigeria & Tanzania

  3. Background to TEGINT (Transforming education for girls in Nigeria & Tanzania) A project partnership for: • community-level initiatives, advocacy and campaigning informed by research • funded by Comic Relief and the Tubney Charitable Trust Partners: • Project implementation: Maarifa (Tanzania), CAPP (Nigeria) and ActionAid • Research:(IOE, national research organisations including BERE, UDU, NIPSS) • Coverage: • Nigeria – 72 (36 primary; 36 JSS) across 8 states • Tanzania – 57 (47 primary; 10 secondary) across 6 districts

  4. TEGINT objectives and interventions Girls ‘ clubs Training teachers Work with SMCs and community circles Advocacy and campaigning at multiple levels Partnership approach and support • To build the capacity of girls (and boys) in the project area to challenge gender discrimination • To promote participatory modules on gender and HIV/AIDS in national pre service and in service teacher training in Tanzania and Nigeria • To facilitate capacity building and ongoing support to school management committees and wider community addressing girls’ rights in education and HIV/AIDS • To facilitate the development of legal and policy frameworks, and good practice, that will enhance and protect girls’ rights in school • To build the capacity of CAPP and Maarifa Ni Ufunguo as leading national organizations in education, gender and HIV/AIDS

  5. Girls’ clubs: A site of empowerment • Girls empowerment index • the range of obstacles to reaching desired level of education and solutions to overcome obstacles girls identify (e.g. abolishing fees, ending early marriage, provision of facilities, sex education, sponsorship) • knowledge of HIV, attitudes towards HIV (non-discrimination, negotiating safer sex) • knowledge of and attitudes towards gender equity, violence and bodily integrity • level of confidence in dealing with gender based violence.

  6. Girls’ views on major obstacles to completing schooling: baseline & endline Edit footer detail manually

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