For poor rural girls in Zambia and Tanzania, the likelihood of completing secondary education is small. And even after graduation, opportunities are scarce.
40% of girls in Tanzania and 42% in Zambia are married before 18.
98% of working rural women in Tanzania do so on their own farm or as unpaid family workers.
82% of rural women do not enter the paid labor force in Zambia.
Top 2 causes of girls being pushed out of school are poverty and low academic self-esteem.
While both Tanzania and Zambia have achieved near universal enrolment in primary education, there are multiple barriers preventing girls from completing secondary education:
Curricula that fail to prepare students for life after school.
Teaching approaches that do not support deeper learning.
High staff turnover in rural schools and a lack of female role models.
Gender-based oppression, including child marriage and female genital mutilation.
CAMFED is a pan-African movement tackling poverty, inequality, and injustice through girls’ education and women’s leadership.
With Co-Impact’s support, CAMFED aims to ensure:
1.5 million additional girls complete secondary education in Tanzania and 300,000 in Zambia.
4.2 million girls acquire deeper learning skills.
Over 85% of secondary schools in Zambia and Tanzania contain Learner Guides by 2029.
19% increase in secondary school completion rates for girls in Zambia and 10% in Tanzania.
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