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Budget Justification
FY 2001
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ACTIVITY DATA SHEET
PROGRAM: Central Program
TITLE AND NUMBER: Broad-based, informed constituencies mobilized to improve girls' education in emphasis countries, 941-002
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2000 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,340,000 CSD
PROPOSED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCES: $2,340,000 CSD
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1995; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: 2003Summary: Through the central Office of Women in Development (G/WID), USAID has been working to mobilize host-country commitment and resources for girls' education in five emphasis countries: Mali, Morocco, Guatemala, Guinea, and Peru. Analytic studies underway in Bolivia, Honduras, and Nepal are assessing the impact of women's literacy training on countries' social and economic development, providing essential information for critical resource and programmatic decisions. In Peru, USAID is analyzing data collected on the impact of the onset of puberty on girls' school dropout rates and assessing its implications for educational policy to increase girls' school retention. USAID is also designing reliable indicators for measuring the progress and achievements of girls' education activities and is implementing a system to monitor the sustainability of girls' education initiatives in USAID-assisted countries.
Key Results: Four intermediate results contribute directly to the achievement of this objective: (1) strengthened capacity of public and private sector institutions to promote girls' education; (2) improved knowledge to implement policies, strategies, and programs for girls' education; (3) mobilized leadership to promote girls' education; and (4) broadened local community participation to promote girls' education.
Performance and Prospects: Performance over the past year has been positive, with major gains in several countries. Significant progress has been made toward achieving increases in girls' primary school completion in target areas in Morocco, Guatemala, and Guinea. In Morocco, USAID has mobilized private-sector resources to implement girls' education projects. Taking on the challenge issued to business leaders during the 1998 International Conference on Girls' Education held in Washington, D.C., the high-level Moroccan delegation returned to Morocco and organized a national conference on girls' education. Nine hundred representatives of the private sector attended the conference, which highlighted a pilot program by WAFABANK to develop partnerships between bank branches and schools. As a direct result, 16 banks and 1,600 members of the private sector created the "School-Enterprise Partnership Association" to implement 600 new school/business partnerships in collaboration with the Moroccan Ministry of National Education. In Guatemala, in a public-private partnership, the government has committed to increase the number of scholarships for girls by a total of $1.6 million of Guatemalan government resources. USAID has also supported the formation of 100 parent groups in a remote and disadvantaged area of the country; the parent groups are actively working on actions to increase girls' school participation. In addition, major businesses, NGOs, and media networks are contributing funds and administrative support for a publicity campaign on girls' education for the year 2000.
In Guinea, local communities are implementing locally designed girls' education projects, including the construction of latrines, the adding of classrooms to existing schools, the development of media spots on the importance of girls' education, and road maintenance to make school access easier. In Mali, for the first time, ministry officials and key representatives of civil society organizations, including NGOs, media organizations, businesses, and religious leaders, worked together to develop a program of life skills for girls that includes over 90 separate modules (instructional materials for students and teachers' guides for lessons on such life skills as nutrition, hygiene, first aid, and managing money). Teachers are now being trained to use the modules. In Honduras, Bolivia, and Nepal, data collection and analyses on the impact of women's literacy training on social and economic development are ongoing and preliminary findings are being disseminated to decision-makers. In Peru, data collection on the impact of the onset of puberty on girls' primary school rates of dropout and retention ended and data analysis is nearing completion. A program for monitoring the progress of USAID and other donor-assisted girls' education initiatives in achieving sustainable actions for girls' education is underway.
The Agency continues to promote the rigorous review and dissemination of issues that dominate the field of girls' education. In FY 1999, USAID brought together fifty of the leading actors in girls' education to define the issues and is planning to present these issues to a wider audience at an international symposium on girls' education where analysis and recommendations of improved strategies and actions for girls' education will be made. Progress continues to be made in achieving the target of 20% increase in girls' primary school completion in six targeted areas during this period.
Possible Adjustments to Plans: No adjustments are anticipated at this time.
Other Donor Programs: With support from a multi-donor planning committee, which includes representatives from UNICEF, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Delegation of European Commission, the Lewis T. Preston Education Program for Girls, and the World Bank, USAID is monitoring the commitments made by high-level delegations at the international conference on girls' education to improve policies and programs for girls' education. USAID continues to convene the major donors at USAID-sponsored fora, seminars, and symposiums that include reports on findings from research and evaluations on girls' education and deliberations on policy implications and implementation for girls' education. Donors are active in conducting research, program development, advocacy, and policy dialogue on girls' education.
Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: Current grantees and contractors include the Institute for International Research; World Education, Inc.; Creative Associates International Inc.; the Academy for Educational Development; DevTech Systems, Inc.; and Juárez and Associates.
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U.S. Financing Table for 941-002 (Microsoft Excel Document - 28 kb)
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