{"id":46001,"date":"2024-04-23T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/learn\/?p=46001"},"modified":"2024-04-23T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:24:01","slug":"study-abroad-unesco-prize-for-girls-and-womens-education-nominations-applications-open-for-2024-news-2024-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/learn\/study-abroad-unesco-prize-for-girls-and-womens-education-nominations-applications-open-for-2024-news-2024-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Abroad:\u00a0UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women\u2019s Education Nominations Applications Open for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks nominations for the UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women\u2019s Education. The award benefit is an amount of USD 50,000 per year. The UNESCO member states or NGOs with official partnerships must make nominations. They can nominate a total of 3 individuals, institutions, or organizations for the purpose. The nominated people or institutions must have been making strong innovative contributions to girls&#8217; and women\u2019s education. However, self-nominations are not possible. Furthermore, the selection committee chooses only two prize laureates. The application deadline is 24th May 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"534\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Study Abroad:\u00a0 UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women\u2019s Education Nominations Applications Open for 2024\"  class=\"wp-image-46005 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/cdnbloglearn.leverageedu.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-21-1024x534.png\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21-1024x534.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21-380x198.png 380w, https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21-800x417.png 800w, https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21-1160x604.png 1160w, https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/04\/22075942\/image-21.png 1257w\" ><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unesco-prize-for-girls-and-women-s-education-eligibility-nbsp\"><span id=\"unesco-prize-for-girls-and-womens-education-eligibility\">UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women\u2019s Education Eligibility&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The nominations must meet the eligibility criteria and the selection criteria. The UNESCO\u2019s&nbsp; Director-General selects the beneficiaries based on the recommendations made by the Prize\u2019s independent International&nbsp; Jury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Generally, a nominated project must have been established and running for 2 years. Moreover, it must demonstrate the potential for replication and scalability.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The nominations must have a clear focus on advancing women\u2019s education, promoting of gender equality in and through education, and contributing to at least 1 priority area of the prize. The 5 priority areas are participation in education, literacy, gender-responsive and safe teaching-learning environment, engaging teachers to be change agents, and supporting girls and women to acquire knowledge\/skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unesco-prize-for-girls-and-women-s-education-selection-process-nbsp\"><span id=\"unesco-prize-for-girls-and-womens-education-selection-process\">UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women\u2019s Education Selection Process&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An independent international jury of 5 experts will access the nominations. They assess the nominations based on three factors: the project&#8217;s innovation, impact, and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nomination has to be submitted in French or English via the online application portal ( https:\/\/unesco.org\/gwe). However, this online portal is only available to the National Commissions for\u00a0 UNESCO\/Permanent Delegations to UNESCO and NGOs that are official partners. Hence, applicants should forward their applications to the Indian National Commission for Corporations with UNESCO (INCCU) by 30th April 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ouf73wm9MItae5RF4k3Syc-UTZYugvxx\/view?usp=drive_link\"><strong>Click here to view the 2024 UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women&#8217;s Education call for nominations <\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the Jury recommendations, the Director-General of UNESCO will announce the beneficiaries on or around&nbsp; 11 October 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/scholarships\/\"><strong>Apply for scholarships.<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/learn\/category\/news-updates\/scholarships-and-grants-news\/\"><strong>Find out more scholarships and grants here.<\/strong><\/a> To discover more<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/learn\/category\/news-updates\/\"><strong>news updates<\/strong><\/a> like this one visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/\"><strong>study abroad<\/strong><\/a> experts at Leverage Edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks nominations for the UNESCO Prize for Girls and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":46011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scholarships-and-grants-news","8":"category-news-updates"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Study Abroad:\u00a0UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women\u2019s Education Nominations Applications Open for 2024 | Leverage Edu Learn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about the UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women\u2019s Education Nominations; 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