Teaching Resources
Everyone has the right to an education whatever their gender, but millions of girls and young women around the world are missing out on school and life opportunities. Download the easy-to-use activities below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Resources
Everyone has the right to an education whatever their gender, but millions of girls and young women around the world are missing out on school and life opportunities. Download the easy-to-use activities below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Resources
Everyone has the right to an education whatever their gender, but millions of girls and young women around the world are missing out on school and life opportunities. Download the research questions below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Better Angels Podcast
Reports
A Framework for Action to Deliver Safe, Non-violent, Inclusive and Effective Learning Environments
Better Angels Podcast
Better Angels Podcast
In this Better Angels episode focusing on the importance of girls’ education, Sarah Brown talks to an array of inspirational guests including Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed, former Australian Prime Minister and Chair of the Global Partnership for Education Julia Gillard, young education champions Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, and co-founder of HOPE for Children Cameroon and Theirworld Global Youth Ambassador Joannes Yimbesalu. Amina Mohammed talks about the the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on the gender and education goals. She highlights the basic right to education that all girls are entitled to and the potential it brings to their future life and family. Julia Gillard discusses her move from politics into education and her role with the Global Partnership for Education. Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, who were also attacked in the shooting of Malala Yousafzai on their school bus in Pakistan in 2012, discuss their journey back into education, as well as how they now help and inspire other girls to continue fighting for their right to education. Joannes Yimbesalu talks about his work with children in rural Cameroon and how to ensure they stay in school and learn in a safe environment.
Better Angels Podcast
Sarah Brown talks to Dr. Denis Mukwege, a doctor saving women’s lives in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Reports
In conflict, natural disasters, and other emergencies, girls face particular vulnerabilities and barriers that can frequently prevent them from realising their right to education. Displacement, poverty and the breakdown of familial and social protection mechanisms can place girls at higher risk of sexual abuse, violence, exploitation and early forced marriage.
Explainer
This page is about the issues around pregnancy and childbirth and what can be done to ensure a safe and healthy start in life for all children
