Education

A report of the empowerment factor in therapeutic approaches to support adolescent girl survivors of trauma

The study maps out and compares therapeutic approaches employed by mental providers to support girls and young women survivors of psychological trauma from the Northwest and Northeast Nigeria. The study employs a content analysis methodology of support initiatives in the Northwest and Northeast to identify the extent to which empowerment components are incorporated into the approaches, pedagogy and the gender of facilitators.

dRPC Education Sector Response to Covid-19

The development Research and Projects Center (dRPC) has an established
record as the leading non-profit in Nigeria's basic education space. With over
20 years of development programming experience in the education sector and
having managed approximately 12 donors funded education interventions.
The dRPC's education projects are a core component of its 2018 to 2023, 5-
year Strategic Plan. With multi-year support from the MacArthur Foundation
coming to and with Covid-19 adjustments to funding priorities the dRPC's
education project portfolio was threatened by inadequate funding in 2020.

Improving Learning Opportunities and Outcomes for Girls in Africa Brookings Institution

Marginalized populations need leaders who draw attention to the issue of girls’ education.
Although government leaders in developing countries generally recognize the importance of girls’
education, the ministries they task to work on gender issues are often underresourced
and illequipped.
The girls that suffer the most and are excluded from education are usually the invisible
and likely to be without political representation.