Portal:Gender

Challenges of adolescence

UNICEF national workshop on adolescent education, 2014. Presentation made by Joachim Theis, on adolescence issues.

Session 1

Keynote address: Global scenario of girls’ education – Evidence on why girls are not in school.K.G. Santhya, Associate II, Population Council Presentation: Improving school infrastructure and systems

Presentation: Girls’ education in Karnataka – Successes and challenges, Dr H.B. Chandrashekhar, Asst. Programme Officer, SSA, Karnataka Karnataka context to girls education. Presentation: Working with adolescent girls to address child marriage

Session 2

Presentation 1: The impact of discriminatory gender and social norms on adolescent girls’ education. Purnima Gupta, Senior Fellow and Arunima Bose, Project Associate, Nirantar Presentation 2: Early marriage of girls as a barrier to their education

Presentation 2 - Sony Kutty George, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF, Hyderabad

Presentation 3 - School level barriers to girls’ education. Rishikesh Shanker, Leader, Hub for Education, Law and Policy, AzimPremji University

Session 4

Policy recommendations: School interventions to retain girl students. Sreeparna Ghosh. Asst. Professor, School of Development, Azim Premji University