Key Resources
The INEE Guidance Note on Gender, an update to the 2010 Gender Pocket Guide, provides guidance on delivering education in a gender-responsive manner to anyone involved in providing education in emergencies (EiE) as part of an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery situation. This includes governments, non-governmental organizations, international agencies, and donors. It has been written with education practitioners in mind. Available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
A resource listing strategies and tools for supporting girls impacted by COVID-19 school shutdowns.
Comprehensive website for resources on providing education in emergency situations.
Article profiling girls living in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
An important article from Women Deliver highlighting why gender must be included when making COVID-19 response and recovery plans.
Three resources (video, podcast and report) highlighting how girls will be disproportionately affected by school closures and stay-at-home mandates due to COVID-19. It also provides solutions for how girls can contribute to stopping Covid-19 and providing for their futures.
A technical brief on considering gender during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak.
A letter recommending key actions from the African Union to mitigate girls' learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, signed by the heads of FAWE, the Global Partnership for Education, Plan International, Girls Not Brides, and the Rozaria Memorial Trust.
A concise article sharing 5 of the top strategies governments, organizations and communities can prioritize to help girls return to school post-COVID lockdowns.
An article discussing the ways in which COVID-19 lockdown-induced poverty leads to girls entering into the workforce or early marriage, making it unlikely that affected girls will return to school.
Insights from GGEF speaker Urvashi Sahni, cofounder of Study Hall Education Foundation, on the practical strategies her organization used to identify and support girls during the COVID-19 lockdown and what they learned about the way forward.
A guidance document for integrating gender and social inclusion in distance learning.
An article laying out strategies for teachers to mitigate the damage to girls caused by COVID-19 school shutdowns.
Key Resources
The INEE Guidance Note on Gender, an update to the 2010 Gender Pocket Guide, provides guidance on delivering education in a gender-responsive manner to anyone involved in providing education in emergencies (EiE) as part of an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery situation. This includes governments, non-governmental organizations, international agencies, and donors. It has been written with education practitioners in mind. Available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
A resource listing strategies and tools for supporting girls impacted by COVID-19 school shutdowns.