In the lead-up to this year’s International Day of the Girl Child that will take place on 11th October 2025, Uwezo Uganda, in partnership with Kyambogo University’s School of Education, the University of Cambridge’s Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, and the Uganda Chapter of the Regional Education Learning Initiative Africa (RELI-Africa) is organising a National Conference on what works in girls’ education.
This conference that will be held under the theme, “Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: Evidence & Action for Girls’ Education” is scheduled for 1st – 3rd October, 2025, at Hilton Garden Inn, Kampala, Uganda. It will focus on effective strategies for advancing girls’ education in Uganda and beyond. While national in scope, the conference holds regional and global relevance, aligning with Uwezo Uganda’s strategy 2025-2028 to promote support for quality education for all, as well as Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 4 (Quality Education) and 5 (Gender Equality).
It provides an important platform to accelerate girls’ education and foster quality, lifelong learning opportunities for all children. We invite actors at all levels to submit papers and contribute to this timely dialogue.
The conference seeks to achieve five objectives, namely;
1. To create a platform for government, civil society, funding partners, the academia and independent researchers to spotlight issues and deepen understanding of existing barriers and enablers to girls’ education.
2. To foster dialogue on effective contextualised practices for implementing evidence-based, innovative, and sustainable solutions to improve girls’ education in Uganda and the East African region.
3. To generate tangible recommendations and actionable steps to address gender-based barriers in education in Uganda and the East African region.
4. To amplify the voices of girls and organisations championing girl education in Uganda
5. To document what works in girls’ education, which could also work to improve all children’s learning outcomes, boys and girls, irrespective of gender
1. A call to action directed to different duty bearers on what is needed to enhance engagement of girls and boys
2. An out-come document or communique that consolidates promising practices, research priorities, funding opportunities, policy priorities to inform coordinated efforts on education of girls and boys in Uganda [and beyond]
3. Contribution to global knowledge through publication of a book edition based on some of the outstanding papers that will be presented at the conference
1. Innovative Pedagogies, Assessments and Learning Approaches for Girls
2. Overcoming Socio-economic and Cultural Barriers
3. Technology and Digital Inclusion for Girls’ Education
4. Health, Well-being, and Education for Girls
5. Policy and Financing for Gender Equity in Education
6. Empowering Girls through Leadership and Life Skills
7. Transitioning to Work; Preparing Girls for Future Careers
8. Data and Evidence Generation for Informing Interventions or Scaling Impact
The Organising Team of this National Conference on What Works in Girls’ Education is now inviting submissions for paper / workshop / poster abstracts that are relevant to the conference theme ‘Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: Evidence & Action for Girls’ Education’ and aligned to any of the eight sub-themes.
Please submit your abstract by 15th August 2025 to info@uwezouganda.org
Find the full call for Abstracts here