The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education. It is the first UNESCO Prize of this nature and is unique in showcasing successful projects that improve and promote the educational prospects of girls and women and in turn, the quality of their lives.
The Prize is conferred annually to two laureates and consists of an award of USD 50,000 each to help further their work in the area of girls’ and women’s education. The Director-General of UNESCO awarded the Prize for the first time in 2016.
For the fourth consecutive year, Gloria Bonder, coordinator of the UNESCO Regional Chair Women, Science and Technology in Latin America, is part of the international jury, with other leading experts in the field.
The Prize was created by the Executive Board of UNESCO, with the support of the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
Deadline for submissions is 28 May 2019 (midnight, Paris time). Mor info, click here.
To know about the projects awarded in the previous editions, click here.