Adolescent Girls’ Secondary Education Transition in Lebanon Client: UNICEF Lebanon

This chapter examines the challenges faced by adolescent girls in Lebanon in transitioning to grades 9-12. While working with UNICEF Lebanon, we conducted a literature review and developed a mapping of barriers facing girls through post-elementary education. The chapter recommends that UNICEF Lebanon focus on providing merit-based scholarships for girls to enroll in technical and vocational education (TVET), making schools safer for girls, while using gender-responsive budgeting as a guiding framework to ensure that educational programs in Lebanon do not leave adolescent girls behind. These recommendations should be taken into consideration based on the uncertainty of the Lebanese context.

Authors

  • Elhana Sugiaman, Master’s in Education (Ed.M) candidate in Education Policy, and Analysis, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Presenter)
  • Rola Tarek, Master’s in Education (Ed.M) candidate in Education Policy, and Analysis, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Presenter)
  • Luming Zhang, Master’s in Education (Ed.M) candidate in Education Policy, and Analysis, Harvard Graduate School of Education 
  • Manasi Mehan, Master’s in Education (Ed.M) candidate in Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Presenter)

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