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March 2022
Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / April 14, 2022
One of the most thought-provoking reads for us in March came from a report published by Purposeful on Building Girls’ Power: Perspectives on theory and practice in working with adolescent girls. The report highlights how the typical development narratives about adolescent girls fall short. They either portray girls as hapless victims who need our protection, […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / March 15, 2022
It is hard to know where to start our update on girls’ education this month. Our hearts go out to everyone suffering from ongoing turmoil and conflict around the world, including the most recent conflict in Ukraine. This month, Malala Yousafzai was The Economist’s first ever guest editor. She shares her thoughts on the importance […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / February 4, 2022
Welcome to 2022! Our fervent wish for the year is that schools reopen and stay open — a resolution that more and more school systems seem to be making and sticking to — and make concerted efforts to get girls back to school and to regain ground for “Covid’s Lost Girls.” So what’s the state […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / December 15, 2021
2021 was a rollercoaster. Looking back at all that happened this year, it is hard to capture the ups and downs in words. So hard, in fact, that instead we’ve tried to capture it in song. For our wrap-up of the year, this playlist exemplifies 2021’s ups and downs of girls’ education. The year started […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / December 8, 2021
If you’re looking for some holiday cheer, I’m afraid you won’t find it in the November edition of the Puggle. But if you’re looking for some concrete data and evidence on which to plan for the year ahead, look no further. This month’s post highlights the latest research on the impact of COVID on girls’ […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / November 16, 2021
How has COVID-19 impacted girls’ education? How can we mitigate that impact? In early October, UNESCO published a new study called When Schools Shut: Gendered impacts of COVID-19 school closures. It outlines the gender-specific effects of COVID and calls for the education community to attend to these effects in policies and program delivery. Among other […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / October 13, 2021
This month we are mourning the loss of Echidna Giving advisor and friend, Girindre Beeharry. Girin was on our advisory board since we founded it in 2016. As our founders, Craig and Mary, expressed, “He brought a hard head for data and evidence, an open curiosity for thinking outside the box, and a kind heart. […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / August 30, 2021
From the month of August we feature the awesome, the awful, and the work that awaits. Read on for a lighter-than-usual Puggle, but issues as urgent now as ever. From the awesome… Did you catch the exhilarating performance of the Indian women’s field hockey team at the Olympics in Tokyo? Even if you missed it, […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / August 10, 2021
July has been another difficult month in the arc of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on school systems. The Delta variant continues to surge and has led to continued and renewed school closures in many countries. Simultaneously, evidence continues to pour in underscoring just how devastating these school closures have been for the world’s […]
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Dana Schmidt / The Puggle / July 9, 2021
This month we have been tracking with concern how rapidly a third wave of the coronavirus is spreading across Africa given the limited vaccine availability in African countries. The virus is straining health systems and driving stringent new lockdowns and school closures. Our thoughts go out to all our partners and communities suffering the results […]
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