Solution

Tackling Education Gender Inequality

This solution addresses limited education in India for girls

Problem Description

About 3 million girls are out of school in India. For every 100 girls in rural India, only 1 reaches grade 12. Educate Girls mobilizes communities to take a stand against gender disparity, working directly with governments, schools, parents, village leaders, and Team Balika (community volunteers) to reverse these statistics and ensure access to quality education.

Building Blocks

Solution Type

  • Skoll Social Entrepreneur

    • Social Progress Index

    • Access to Basic Knowledge - Do people have the educational foundations to improve their lives?
    • Personal Rights - Are people free of restrictions on their rights?

      • Sustainable Development Goals

      On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. This solution covers the following goals:

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      Solution Stage

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      STAGE SPECIALIST SKILLS REQUIRED EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES RISK LEVEL AND HANDLING FINANCE REQUIRED KINDS OF EVIDENCE GENERATED GOAL
      Growing scaling and spreading6
      Strong leadership, management, implementation skills
      • Business or organisational growth
      • Franchising
      • Licensing
      • Legislation
      • Spreading ideas
      • Transferring practice
      • Fidelity assessments may be important
      • Strong capacity needed to ensure transfer of practice
      MEDIUM
      • Equity, loans, payment by results, social impact bonds
      HIGH
      Evidence derived from evaluations in multiple sites, and independently run randomised control trials
      Innovation or impact at scale

      Submitted By

      Bryan Lehrer74310022 copy

      Key Details

      Social Progress Index
      Access to Basic KnowledgePersonal Rights
      Sustainable Development Goals
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      Solution Type
      Skoll Social Entrepreneur
      Activity