gender HARDWIRING and

girls education accelerator

GPE
What gender issues most often identified?

Gender equality

… to education …. Within education …. Through education

Low girls’ access to education,
retention
Low girls’ reintegration in education
Disparities impact girls and boys
differently
Curriculum, pedagogy, teaching
learning materials are not gender-
sensitive, perpetuating gender
prejudice and discrimination
Women are under-represented in
teacher workforce, especially from
secondary education level onwards
Lack of awareness and data on gender
Girls’ school attendance does not
always enable them to acquire
knowledge and skills
Widening gender gaps in transition to
secondary level
Girls’ school attendance and
completion does not enable them to
get jobs, due to social norms
gender equality in the  GPE 2025
Gender equality will be hardwired throughout everything we do, plus a thematic
funding window focused on girls.

Systematic consideration of making progress on gender equality in education

across all countries and support and leverage attention and action to address
gender inequality in education.

Girls’ Education Accelerator : Additional financing on girls’ education for 30

countries where girls’ education is lagging.
GENDER HARDWIRING IN GPE 2025

Strong demand for the Girls’

Education Accelerator and for
Integration of gender equality into the capacity building on gender
compacts, including access, learning, social equality.
norms and violence

Financing
Strong commitment to gender equality by
partner countries (beyond parity)
Priorities

Commitment
Gender equality parameters in partnership compacts
…To education …..within education …and through Education

• Girls’ education access, retention
and reintegration at all levels
• Increase transition rates to
secondary education
• Roll-out of an early warning to
prevent drop out
• Gender mainstreaming in curriculum, pedagogy
and teaching learning materials
• Deployment of women in teacher workforce
especially at secondary level
• gender-positive role modeling for female
students’ ICT uptake
• solutions to challenge harmful traditional
practices and address gender-based
discrimination and violence.
• Measures to stop/ prevent the
perpetuation of harmful gender
stereotypes 
• Address socio-cultural attitudes
towards gender roles in families
and communities

• Sensitization and awareness raising on gender

issues in schools

• Safe-schools initiative  to support access for

young mothers and pregnant adolescents
Facilitating factors for gender hardwiring

gender focal points in local education groups and compact task teams –  sourced from
government or partners
gender integrated into all aspects of the enabling factor analysis particularly on data and
evidence.
Gender Hub at GPE Secretariat to support training, provide additional resources
Quality assurance guidance including specific gender standards and indicators to track
gender through to final program approval.
Additional indicator on gender in Annual Results Report as an
intermediate indicative indicator.
Thank you
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