Lifting barriers: Educating Boys for Gender Equality Project Workshop Meeting Report

The Lifting barriers: Educating boys for gender equality GPE KIX project held a workshop on November 14, 2024 with key national stakeholders in Malawi to ensure a way forward and a successful implementation of the project.

Funded by the Global Partnership for Education’s Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX), a joint endevour by the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC). Led by UNESCO in collaboration with Equimundo and the University of East Anglia, the project Lifting barriers: Educating boys for gender equality investigates how harmful and restrictive masculine gender norms impact boys' educational motivation and desire to learn as well as how to best address boys’ disengagement from education. 

This report summarizes the discussions and key recommendations from the participants of the workshop and the Advisory Committee meeting on improving project implementation to address harmful and restrictive masculine gender norms, enhance boys' engagement in education, and ensure that no one is left behind.