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Accounting to the Girl. Camfed’s Model of Governance for Girls’ Education. Canadian Global Campaign for Education Annual Learning Forum University of Ottawa Tuesday 28th February . Governing Principles. Paramount Principle:. Protection of the vulnerable and disempowered client.
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Accounting to the Girl Camfed’s Model of Governance for Girls’ Education Canadian Global Campaign for Education Annual Learning Forum University of Ottawa Tuesday 28th February
Governing Principles Paramount Principle: Protection of the vulnerable and disempowered client Organising Principles: Transparency and accountability at all levels and to all involved in the process including, critically, the client Partnerships with existing national and community structures Activism and social capital in the place of dependency A holistic and long term approach to the delivery of both resources and protection to achieve a long term outcome
Girls’ enrolment, retention and pass rates *Zambia 2003-2010 Basic and High Schools combined **In partner schools receiving targeted support in Ghana 2007-2001
Social and capital: multiplying educational opportunities 2011 figures provisional
Community activism: tackling child abuse Nearly 50% of government and community stakeholders in ‘established’ districts reported responding to incidents of students as victims of physical or sexual abuse, significantly more than stakeholders in ‘new’ districts (21%) Source: Zambia baseline 2009
Young women’s empowerment Young women supported through school: Source: Survey data 2008-11 Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Ghana
Zimbabwe: Research Findings In districts where Camfed’s programme is established: • There was higher retention of teachers in partner schools • Secondary school enrolment levels were maintained • School Development Committees were able to protect themselves as apolitical bodies • There was greater responsiveness to tackling abuse
Zimbabwe: Young women’s economic assets • 83% of young women who had completed 4 years of education and had gone on to set up a business in their communities were the sole income earner in their families • 93% made a profit in the previous year of economic crisis • 72% reported using their profits to help other children to go to school Source: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Technology enabling improved governance and cost-effectiveness
Accounting to the Girl Camfed’s Model of Governance for Girls’ Education