All: Data-driven advocacy for safe and gender equitable schools
"Safe to learn" essay collection: The role data and research play in ending violence in schools
The “Safe to learn” initiative published a collection of essays that examine and tackle the causes of different forms of violence in and around schools. This essay is authored by Dr. Daniela Ligiero, Executive Director & CEO of Together for Girls.
- 30th June 2022
World Education Day 2022: Changing course, transforming education
To mark World Education Day this year, we spoke to Yona Nestel of Plan International and Olanike Timipa-Uge of Teenage Network to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on girls’ access to education.
- 24th January 2022
Back to school: COVID-19 and the opportunity to build safer learning environments
We have conducted secondary analyses of the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) to understand the prevalence, consequences, and gender-specific experiences of violence in and around schools.
- 25th October 2021
Building the evidence base: AidData’s deep-dive analysis of Zambian school-related gender-based violence
High-quality, disaggregated data on school-related gender-based violence is essential to help drive effective policies and programs for prevention and response.
- 21st September 2021
Join us at the Global Education Summit 2021
The Global Education Summit: Financing GPE 2021-2025 will be a key moment for the global community to come together and support quality education for all children.
- 27th July 2021
Safe: Preventing gender-based violence in and through schools
Together for Girls and partners hosted a Solutions Summit side event. Global leaders, experts, and youth activists shared the latest data on violence in school settings and highlighted school-based interventions for catalyzing broader social change to end violence.
- 16th June 2021
The gendered reality of corporal punishment in schools
Social norms drive gender inequalities and violence, and even though access to education is a human right, learners across the globe are impacted by school-related gender-based violence.
- 30th April 2021
Investing in schools and teachers is key to unlocking solutions to school-related gender-based violence
Every child deserves to be safe at home, in their communities, and at school. However, findings from the VACS show that many children experience school-related gender-based violence. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
- 2nd December 2020
The transformative power of secondary education in Honduras
The findings from Honduras highlight the many protective aspects of secondary education—more equitable gender beliefs and lower rates of pregnancy and child marriage.
- 24th October 2020
Understanding school-related gender-based violence
Every child around the world deserves the opportunity to learn. Education is a basic human right and a necessary pathway to ending extreme poverty. We know that equitable, quality education has an immense power to transform the lives of individuals, communities, and nations.
- 13th July 2020
How to be a safe adult for children during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Katelyn Brewer, President and CEO of Darkness to Light, discussed how during the COVID-19 pandemic, adults can modify their approach to protect kids and prevent child abuse.
- 16th June 2020
Education: A fundamental human right
Education is a fundamental human right and a critical pathway to ending extreme poverty. Equitable, quality education has an immense power to transform the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations.
- 10th October 2019