A decade of honouring transformation in education – the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education

As we celebrate 10 years of the UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women's Education, we honour our outstanding laureates and their incredible impact across the world.

2025 - All Girls Code, Lebanon

The All Girls Code (AGC) initiative provides free and accessible education through hybrid programmes that combine coding, leadership, and mentorship. Rooted in a human-centre design, the AGC focuses on refugee inclusion, accessibility, and community-based learning.

© UNESCO/All Girls Code

2025 - Nashipai Maasai Community Projects, Kenya

Supporting Indigenous Maasai girls in Keyna, Nashipai is taking on female genital mutilation, child marriage, and harmful gender norms through youth-led indigenous leadership and community engagement.

© UNESCO/Nashipai

2024 - Promoting Equality in African Schools, Uganda

Creating safe and gender-responsive environments from marginalized adolescent girls, Promoting Equality in African Schools (PEAS) operates a network of secondary schools featuring responsive infrastructure to safeguard girls' wellbeing.

© UNESCO/PEAS

2024 - Campaign for Female Education, Zambia

The Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) is transforming education in Zambia with a holistic three-tiered model to improve retention and empower girls to find meaningful employment after graduation.

© UNESCO/CAMFED/Catherine Wood

2023 - Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education, Pakistan

The Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education (PAGE) uses community mobilization, local ownership, scholarships, and skills training support women and girls in the country's most challenging contexts.

© UNESCO/PAGE/Fajer Rabia Pasha

2023 - China Children and Teenagers' Fund, China

The China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF)'s Spring Bud project promotes equitable, inclusive and quality education for girls by mobilizing schools to identify student who need support and facilitating inclusive curriculum.

© UNESCO/CCTF

2022 - Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative, United Republic of Tanzania

Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative (GLAMI)'s flagship programmes are bridging school transition for adolescent girls at risk of dropout through life skills and leadership courses. Increasing retention and graduation rates, the initiative also helps prepare girls for university.

© UNESCO/GLAMI

2022 - Room to Read, Cambodia

Shifting gender attitudes by taking a whole-society approach, Room to Read Cambodia address the systemic barriers that girls face in education by providing assistance from life skills to material support.

© UNESCO/Room to Read Cambodia

2021 - Girl MOVE Academy, Mozambique

Girl MOVE Academy fights structural barriers and harmful gender forms that limit the potential of young women and girls through intergenerational mentorship and grassroots immersion.

© UNESCO/Girl MOVE Academy

2021 - {reprograma}, Brazil

Offering free training and programming bootcamps, the {reprograma} project strives to close the gender gap in Brazil's technology sector and helping women and girls who would not have the support or financial skills to access digital skills.

© UNESCO/Carla De Bona/ {reprograma}

2020 - Girl Child Network, Kenya

The Girl Child Network (GCN) empowers girls and enhances access to quality primary education in Kenya's most remote and underserved areas. With partners, it tackles root causes of exclusion from child marriage to disability-related stigma.

© UNESCO/ Girl Child Network (GCN)

2020 - Shilpa Sayura Foundation, Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, the Shilpa Saura Foundation's NextGen Girls in Technology projects encourage women and girls' participation in the technology sector by offering open-access training and providing hands-on experiences.

© UNESCO/Shilpa Sayura Foundation

2019 - Sulá Batsú, Costa Rica

Empowering adolescent girls from vulnerable backgrounds with digital skills, Sulá Batsú offers students training in digital music, community journalism, coding, and other skills. It encourages mutual learning and innovation for local communities while helping to shape national education policy.

© UNESCO/Sulà Batsù

2019 - Department of Education, Government of Navarre, Spain

Using a whole-school approach, the SKOLAE programme challenges gender stereotypes and ensure equal opportunities for all students through a Coeducational Identity Plan.

© UNESCO/SKOLAE/Oihana Etxarte Buezo

2018 - Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Jamaica

The Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) supports adolescent girls access education during pregnancy and to return to school after childbirth, giving them a chance to complete their secondary education. The Programme for Adolescent Mothers has been replicated as an international best practice.

© UNESCO/Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation

2018 - Misr El Kheir Foundation, Egypt

Misr el Kheir Foundation is expanding educational opportunities to underserved villages, improving retention of girls in secondary school and empowering them for the future.

© UNESCO/Misr El-Kheir Foundation/Taher Elkhateeb

2017 - The Mini Academy of Science and Technology, Peru

The Mini Academy of Science and Technology (MaCTec) in Peru empowers girls in STEM through mobile labs, hands-on science workshops, and peer learning, aiming to create Peru's first generation of women scientists and reach 20,000 girls nationwide.

© UNESCO/MaCTec Perú

2017 - The Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Center in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region, Thailand

Protecting migrant girls from exploration through education, the The Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Center in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (DEPDC/GMS) benefitted more than 100 000 women and children with its replicable model for anti-trafficking efforts.

© UNESCO/DEPDC

2016 - Female Students Network Trust, Zimbabwe

Created after a survey indicated that 98% of students has experienced sexual harassment in learning environments, the student-led Female Students Network Trust (FSNT) empowers women and creates a safe space for all learners by advocating for institutions to create gender and harassment policies.

© UNESCO/Female Student Network

2016 - Directorate of Early Childhood Education Development, Indonesia

Focusing on community-based gender mainstreaming, the Directorate of Early Childhood Education Development takes a holistic approach to addressing gender bias before the age of 8.

© UNESCO/DECED

Established in 2015 with the support of the People's Republic of China, the UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Educationseeks to honour the individuals, institutions, and organizations driving transformation for girls' and women's education.