Grants and Contributions:

Supporting Leadership, School Retention and the Achievement of Adolescent Girls in Senegal

7419773 P006802001

$10,000,000.00

Mar 31, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021

The project aims to contribute to the leadership, retention and success of adolescent girls at the middle and general secondary levels through the integration of gender and child protection in the performance management of institutions and school actors in Senegal. It aims to support the creation of a protective environment for girls, promoting their academic and professional orientation, and to put in place incentives, such as performance contracts including gender indicators, for better accountability for the performance of actors in the education system. Project activities include the following: (1) supporting educational institutions to include gender in performance management; (2) providing support to educational stakeholders (teachers, institutions, decentralized structures) to make them aware of gender and the protection of adolescent girls in the school system; (3) developing performance contracts and tools for planning, monitoring and managing the performance of educational institutions to integrate the protection approach for adolescent girls in the school system; (4) ensuring awareness among community stakeholders and families on the issues of gender, health and the protection of adolescent girls in the school system, and of encouraging their educational and professional direction; and (5) developing necessary teaching aids. The project aims to reach 25,000 adolescent girls at the middle and secondary levels, 3,000 professionals in decentralized structures, 640 officers in educational institutions, 1,600 professors and 480 community stakeholders.

Global Affairs Canada

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved performance of decentralized structures and institutions to remove barriers to the school retention and achievement of adolescent girls by including gender and child protection aspects in the educational system’s performance management; and (2) creating an educational environment that is more conducive to leadership, school retention and achievement among adolescent girls.

Washington, US

064-2019-2020-Q4-00207

Grant

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

IBRD/World Bank Institute

International Development Assistance Program

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.