Educate Us! Women and Girls on Learning in Humanitarian Crises

In this episode, we’ll hear from Jamaican LGBTQIA+ rights advocates on how they’re helping communities to create safe and affirming learning spaces for LGBTQIA+ learners and supporting young people to advocate for their rights. 

For more information on supporting LGBTQIA+ young people in emergencies, check out these resources:

• ORAM - Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression: Essential Terminology

• The YP Foundation - Understanding Gender Beyond the Binaries

• GEM Report, IGLYO - Don't look away: no place for exclusion of LGBTI students

• USAID - Integrating LGBTQI+ Considerations into Education Programming

• Equimundo - Many Ways of Being Sex Education Curriculum

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada, Rainbow Railroad, and Equality for All Foundation for their support with this episode.

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In this episode, we’ll hear from teachers and education practitioners in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon on what comprehensive sexuality education is, why it is important, and how we can respond to pushback against sexual and reproductive health and rights in and through education.  

For more information on girls’ education in emergencies data, check out these resources:

• World Health Organization - Comprehensive Sexuality Education Q&A

• UNFPA - International technical guidance on sexuality education

• Equimundo - Many Ways of Being Curriculum

• UNICEF - The Opportunity for Digital Sexuality Education in East Asia and the Pacific

• Columbia University, International Rescue Committee - MHM in Emergencies Toolkit

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada, World Vision Canada, Brookings Institution, UNICEF Lebanon, and the Initiative for Self Development and Discovery,  for their support with this episode.

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A new season of Educate Us! is coming soon! In this fourth season, we're addressing some key questions on safe, inclusive, and gender-responsive education for girls in humanitarian settings. We’ll hear from practitioners on supporting LGBTQIA+ learners, teachers on accelerating learning for pregnant and parenting girls, and from women’s rights advocates on how sexual and reproductive health and rights education impacts girls lives and livelihoods. 

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada for their support with this episode.

In this bonus mini-episode, we’ll hear from Ella Page, co-author of the Mind the Gap 3 report. We’ll discuss progress, gaps, and challenges in girls’ education in emergencies, with particular attention to supporting female teachers in crisis-affected contexts. 

• Report: Mind the Gap 3: Equity and Inclusion in and through Girls’ Education in Crisis

• Policy paper: Closing the Gap 3: Promoting Equity and Inclusion in and through Girls’ Education in Crisis

• Summary brief: Women Who Teach: Recruiting and Retaining Female Teachers in Crisis Settings

• Summary brief: Gender-Responsive Inclusive Education: Ensuring Education Access and Quality for Girls’ with Disabilities

• Summary brief: Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Emergencies: Developing and Delivering Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Education in Crisis Settings

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada, and Education Development Trust for their support with this episode. 

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In this episode, we’ll hear from Afghan educators on how women’s and girls’ education and livelihoods have been impacted since the Taliban returned to power, and how women and girls are still striving to learn against all odds.

For more information on girls’ education in emergencies data, check out these resources:

• Afghan Diaspora Hub - How you can help

• Human Rights Watch - Four Ways to Support Girls’ Access to Education in Afghanistan

• UNICEF - Afghanistan: Education Equity Profile for Adolescent Girls

• UNESCO - The right to education: What’s at stake in Afghanistan?

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada and World Vision Canada for their support with this episode. 

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In this episode, we’re talking about why girls’ education in emergencies data matters and how it can be collected in a safe and responsible way. We’ll hear from advocates and researchers on how gender-responsive data can be used to inform policy and practice. 

For more information on girls’ education in emergencies data, check out these resources:

• INEE - Bridging the Gap: Strengthening the Evidence Base for Gender-Responsive Education in Emergencies

• INEE - Closing the Gap: Advancing Girls’ Education in Crisis and Conflict

• INEE - Charlevoix Funding Dashboard

• Equal Measures 2030 - 2022 SDG Gender Index

• Equal Measures 2030 - Gender Equality Calculator

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada, Equal Measures 2030 and Pangea Educational Development for their support with this episode. 

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In this episode, we’ll hear from practitioners in Bangladesh on how safe, clean bathrooms in schools can be an important enabler for girls’ education. We’ll learn what makes a bathroom “girl-friendly” and how they can be leveraged to provide critical health and hygiene services. 

For more information on girl-friendly bathrooms, check out these resources:

• IRC - A Toolkit for Integrating Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) into Humanitarian Response

• UNICEF - Guidance on Menstrual Health and Hygiene

• INEE - Gender Responsive School Sanitation, Health and Hygiene

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada, UNICEF, and UNHCR for their support with this episode. 

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In this episode, we hear from teachers and learners in Kakuma on the challenges and opportunities of teaching and learning in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. 

For more information on teachers in crisis contexts, check out these resources:

• INEE - Teacher stories: Aguer - Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

• JEiE - Refugee Students’ Academic Motivation in Displacement: The Case of Kakuma Refugee Camp

• INEE - Teacher Wellbeing Guidance Note - Contextualization for Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada for their support with this episode. 

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In this episode, we’ll hear from educators in Kenya and Nepal on why mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) are an important part of a quality education. We’ll learn strategies for supporting teachers’ and learners’ mental health in and through education.

For more information on mental health and gender equality in crisis contexts, check out these resources:

• INEE - Guidance Note on PSS-SEL

• INEE - PSS-SEL Toolbox

• INEE - Guidance Note for Teacher Wellbeing in Emergency Settings

• IRC - Safe Healing and Learning Spaces Toolkit

• IFRC - Community-Based PSS: Participant's Book, Trainer's Book and Powerpoints

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada, Brookings Institute and My Emotions Matter for their support with this episode. 

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Welcome back to season 3 of Educate Us! In this episode, we’ll hear from educators in Kenya and Zimbabwe on how climate change is affecting girls’ education in emergencies, and what they are doing to help children, youth, and learning spaces adapt to increasingly harsh conditions. 

For more information on girls’ education and climate change, check out these resources:

• INEE - Mind the Gap 2: Seeking Safe and Sustainable Solutions for Girls’ Education in Crises

• INEE - Girls’ Education and Climate Change: Investing in Education for Resilience

• Malala Fund - A greener, fairer future: Why leaders need to invest in climate and girls’ education

• Plan International - Girls’ Rights in Climate Strategies

We’d like to thank Global Affairs Canada, World Vision Canada, and CARE for their support with this episode. 

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