Action research can help civil society organizations operate in the most effective way in their contexts, and to develop robust education policy that serves the needs of society.

There is significant promise for our educational system as the emerging generation of leaders advocates for educational rights and public health. SAYWHAT is an organization with the ambition of fostering the development of a healthy, empowered generation of young people in Africa. Learn how the members approached the topic of Advancing Equitable Access to Public Health and Education

Girls in rural and farming communities in Zimbabwe have been facing challenges in accessing basic primary and secondary education. The barriers they encounter are multifaceted, ranging from the need to travel long distances to reach their schools, to the ever-present threat of forced marriages and the debilitating impact of poverty. Learn how a group of organizations decided to make a change.

Read how the Education Out Loud programme is supporting civil society organizations in Tanzania to advocate for government policies that prioritize school feeding programs. This is a story about Joshua Mpossa, who identified an essential education challenge, leading him to advocate for school meals to be served at his former primary school in Tanzania.

The majority of the countries where Education Out Loud works are fragile, conflict-affected or suffering from constrained civic space. Learn how education advocates can effectively push for quality education in countries facing such challenges. How do we fight for childrens rigt for an education? And what makes education advocacy difficult in these contexts?

Read how GPE Education Out Loud's support to Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) helped leverage the political will and set the tone for key educational priorities that needed to be addressed by the government, and what civil society organizations in other countries can learn from it.

The Samoa Education Network (SEN) is championing the inclusion of marginalized groups in educational policy and planning processes to address long-standing challenges in the education sector, from declining literacy and numeracy skills, and high dropout rates, to a teacher shortage.

From basic mobile applications to sophisticated data analytics platforms, online crowdsourcing, georeferencing and chatbots, organizations supported by GPE Education Out Loud are using technologies to bridge the gap between governments and civil society, creating new channels for interaction and oversight.

In the youthful nation of Somalia, three-quarters of the population is under 30 years old. “Most of them do not have their right to education, employment, or development fulfilled,” says Adam Mohamed, coordinator of the civil society organization Education For All Somalia. To help meet the educational needs in his country, he recently completed an IIEP-UNESCO online course on the basics of educational planning.

Evelyn Wadzanayi Chitiga from the Education Coalition of Zimbabwe is a firm believer in the importance of civil society’s involvement in educational planning and management. In this interview she shares her insight on why civil society participation is crucial for the future of Zimbabwe’s education system.