Sexually Transmitted Grades – A Danger for the Future of Girls and Women
- Sustainable Development Goal :4 - Quality Education
- Gender Equality Marker :Gender Transformative (GE3)
- Testing Country :Burkina Faso
- Testing Period :12 months
- Amount :$174,190
Alitus Femina is working to reduce Sexually Transmitted Grades (STGs) – sex in exchange for positive grades – a practice that adversely impacts women’s and girls’ education in discriminatory and harmful ways. This testing project conducted a series of longitudinal, inclusive, and gender-sensitive pilot tests to develop a locally adapted and effective strategy for addressing the problem of STGs and create a reliable and secure database of evidence. Establishing a comprehensive database plays a key role in facilitating an environment of exchange among stakeholders to better formalize monitoring practices and inform public policy decisions that seek to address the problem of STGs.