This one day in-person event will highlight new research on interventions in education that have the potential to shift harmful gender social norms and catalyse wider systems transformation.

An expert panel, bringing together researchers and government representatives, will explore the contribution of CAMFED’s Learner Guide model to improving outcomes for marginalised girls in Tanzania (Learner Guides are young women, often CAMFED education graduates, who mentor students in their communities). The panel will also discuss the prospects for scaling such an intervention in national school systems in Tanzania and across the region.

Opening Keynote on Global Education: Alicia Herbert OBE, Director of Education, Gender and Equality and the UK’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

Remarks by: Hon Julia Gillard AC, former Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership.

Other speakers include:
• Lawrence John Sanga, Assistant Director Policy & Planning, Policy and Planning Department, Research and Innovation Section, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Tanzania
• Dr Sempeho Siafu, Director of Academics, Tanzania Institute of Adult Education
• Stephen Twigg, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Chair of the Council for Education in the Commonwealth
• Lydia Wilbard, Executive Director: Learning & Engagement, CAMFED.

Presentations will be made by the research team at the University of Dar es Salaam, including: Dr. Lulu Mahai, Dr Nkanileka Mgonda, and Dr Rose Mwaipopo.

Professor Pauline Rose and Dr Luisa Ciampi from the REAL Centre are co-organising the event.

This event is organised by the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), and the Institute of Gender Studies at the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.