An award of USD 50,000 each to help further their work in the area of girls’ and women’s education.
Prize directly contributes to the attainment of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda, particularly SDG goals 4 on education and 5 on gender equality.
Promotion of the right to education of women.
Showcase leadership roles on gender equality.
Eligibilities
Individuals, institutions or organizations having effectively contributed to the advancement of girls’ and women’s education.
Nominations must focus on an established and ongoing project or programme of the nominee, which has been running for at least two years, and meets the selection criteria.
Selection Criteria: The project/programme of the nominee will be assessed by the Jury based on these:
IMPACT
INNOVATION
SUSTAINABILITY
Additional criteria
The project/programme should already be running for at least 2 years and show evidence that it may be replicable, scalable and/or provide significant learning potential for initiatives in other contexts. It should also contribute to one or more of the 5 Priority Action Areas of the Prize.
Basic education: support girls/adolescent girls to transition from primary education to lower-secondary education and completion of a full basic education
Literacy: support adolescent girls and young women to acquire literacy skills
Learning environments: support the creation of a gender-responsive and safe teaching-learning environment, free of school-related gender-based violence
Teachers: engage female and male teachers to develop gender-responsive teaching attitudes and practices and be change agents
World of work: support adolescent girls and young women to acquire knowledge and skills to adequately transition from school to work and lead a fulfilling life
