Women's Global Education Project

Where We Work
Senegal
Kenya

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Worldwide, 1 in 5 primary-age girls are out of school.

--United Nations Girls' Education Initiative

There are 800 million adults around the world who cannot read or write, the majority of them women.

--Global Campaign for Education

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Sisters
to School

Through our flagship program, Sisters to School, Women’s Global examined the issues that keep girls from accessing education in the communities we serve and developed solutions that address these issues on multiple levels:

Help more girls enroll in school by providing need-based elementary school scholarships for girls whose families are not able to send them to school because of lack of funds

Help more girls stay in school by providing secondary school scholarships to girls who finish elementary school, as well as providing mentoring and after-school tutoring for both our scholars and other girls whose families can afford tuition but need extra help with exam preparation to pass rigorous grade-level exams

Help break down barriers that prevent girls from receiving and completing their education. We achieve this through such activities as:

promoting community awareness in rural villages on the importance of girls’ education and women’s rights
providing scholars with necessary school and health supplies that their families cannot afford
providing literacy classes for adult women to help them support their daughters in school
hosting health trainings and providing mosquito nets and health supplies to prevent malaria and other health-related school absences
combating harmful social practices such as early marriage and female genital mutilation that prevent girls from seeking and completing their education
providing alternative rites of passage that emphasize education, empowerment and community instead of genital cutting and gender bias
training local teachers and school administrators so they can get their certification, gain higher wages and pension, and increase their spheres of influence and opportunities to set education policies and affect change on a larger basis
organizing empowerment workshops to help women and girls believe in their ability to build the future of their choice

Strengthen the capacity of local partner organizations so that they can successfully implement girls’ education programs and be effective leaders in their community

Our Impact

Annually, the Women's Global Sisters to School scholarship, support and community awareness programs impacts more than 3,700 individuals in 58 rural villages in Senegal and Kenya!

Through Sisters to School, Women's Global provides:

240 scholarships to girls in Senegal and Kenya--145 full scholarships covering tuition, school fees, supplies, tutoring, mentoring, and room and board if necessary; and 95 partial scholarships for girls already enrolled in school but who still need additional help with school supplies and after-school tutoring

Adult literacy classes for 250 women to help them support their daughters in school

Health education for nearly 400 scholars and family members to address illness prevention and prevent health-related absences from school

Educators’ training for 180 Senegalese educators to strengthen classroom and mentoring skills and to help them affect education policy issues on a broader level

Community Awareness for nearly 3,000 boys and girls, parents, village leaders, and community members around the importance of education for girls and women’s rights

An alternative rite of passage program to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) program in Kenya that has helped 260 girls and their families say “No!” to FGM

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	Women's Global Education Project
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