Cambodian Education Programme for Girls Wins UNESCO Prize

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:15 pm

2022 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education: mentoring programmes from Cambodia and Tanzania chosen as laureates
On the International Day of the Girl, a project promoting girls’ education in low-income communities in Cambodia, and a Tanzanian mentoring initiative helping girls at risk of dropout through crucial school transitions have both been awarded this year’s UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women's Education.
11 October 2022

The two laureates, selected by the international jury of the UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education, are “Room to Read Cambodia’s Girls’ Education Programme” and the “Girls' Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative” (GLAMI) from Tanzania. Each laureate will receive an endowment of US$ 50,000 to advance its work.

Room to Read, Cambodia
The Cambodian arm of the global non-profit organization has been recognized for its education programme which helps girls aged 12-18 to develop skills to succeed in school and in life. The Programme is evidence-backed and proven to empower girls while fighting prejudices and fostering an enabling environment that engages parents and communities, adolescent boys, and government stakeholders. Room to Read currently serves over 6,000 girls through programmes in 42 secondary schools in 5 provinces across Cambodia.

More about Room to Read
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/2022 ... nia-chosen

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:20 pm

From Room to Read: https://www.roomtoread.org/countries/cambodia/

Success in Girls’ Education

We have also had great success with our Girls’ Education Program in Cambodia, which has received international attention. In March 2015, the First Lady of the United States and the First Lady of Cambodia visited one of our Girls’ Education Program sites in Siem Reap where they met with our program participants. Additionally, 2019 was the third year that girls from the program graduated from Grade 12. We are proud to share that our pass rate is 17 percent higher than the national pass rate of 69 percent.