Portal:Gender
Events
Challenges of adolescence
UNICEF national workshop on adolescent education, 2014. Presentation made by Joachim Theis, on adolescence issues.
Keeping Girls in Secondary School: Successes and Challenges Dharwad, Karnataka. Workshop 20—21 June 2015
Agenda
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
