# Gender Equity & Girls Education
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Listed below are organizations working in girls' education and in teaching gender equity.
Over the past decade, the number of girls out of primary school has been reduced by half, and girls are completing more years of education than ever before.
Yet many challenges persist, especially for girls who face multiple disadvantages for various economic, cultural, social, political reasons.
Investing in girls' education brings high returns in wide-ranging areas. You can read more about the evidence on why girls' education matters in the 2016 publication by Gene B. Sperling, Rebecca Winthrop, with Christina Kwauk, from Brookings, [What Works in Girls Education: Evidence for the World's Best Investment](https://www.brookings.edu/book/what-works-in-girls-education-evidence-for-the-worlds-best-investment/).
## Organizations
[### BRAC and BRAC International
](/brac-and-brac-international) Program Names: Adolescent Development Program (ADP) in Bangladesh and Empowerment and Livelihood of Adolescents (ELA) Program outside of Bangladesh Website brac.net/search/item/723-empowerment-and-livelihood-for-adolescents Countr(ies) Started in...
[### Camfed International
](/camfed-international) Learner Guide Program (uses My Better World curriculum) Website camfed.org Countr(ies) Learner Guide Program is currently active in Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe Grade Level of Students Participating 7-12 Number of Students Participating per Year 121,212...
[### Girl Rising
](/girl-rising) Website girlrising.com Countr(ies) India, Nigeria, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States Grade Level of Students Participating All ages (depending on the partner); Girl Rising’s curriculum is available for upper elementary, middle...
[### King Hussein Foundation, National Center for Culture and Arts (NCCA)
](/king-hussein-foundation-national-center-culture-and-arts-ncca) Name of Program: Performing Arts For Action - PACT Website NCCA PACT pactjo.org/eng Countr(ies) Jordan Grade Level of Students Participating Youth: Grade 5 to 12 Educator trainees: 18 - 30 years old Number of Students...
[### Population Council
](/population-council) Safe and Smart Savings Program Website Countr(ies) Kenya and Uganda Age Level of Students Participating Age 10-19 Number of Students Participating per Year Pilot reached over 12,000 girls in Uganda...
[### The Theater Offensive
](/theater-offensive) True Colors: Out Youth Theatre Program Website thetheateroffensive.org thetheateroffensive.org/true-colors/youth-programming Countr(ies) US Grade Level of Students Participating Grade 9 to adult Number of Students Participating per Year 180 students per...
[### VentureLab
](/venturelab) Website venturelab.org Countr(ies) USA Grade Level of Students Participating K-12 Number of Students Participating per Year 1000+ Year Organization Began 2013 Relationship to the public education system VentureLab partners with schools and non-profit...