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Toolkit for Designing a Comprehensive Distance Learning Strategy Year of publication: 2021 Author: Emily Morris | Yvette Tan Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) The purpose of this toolkit is to provide practical guidance (tools, examples, and resources) for designing a comprehensive distance learning strategy that covers an entire education sector or system. 
School-Related Gender-Based Violence Measurement Toolkit Year of publication: 2020 Author: Dexis Consulting Group Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This toolkit delivers practical guidance and resources for measuring the prevalence and extent of students’ experiences of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), and provides methods for assessing key risk factors and drivers of SRGBV. This toolkit contains a conceptual framework for measuring SRGBV, a school- based survey for measuring experiences of SRGBV, risk factors, and drivers, as well as practical guidance for implementing the survey. 
Transforming Systems in Times of Adversity: Education and Resilience; White Paper Year of publication: 2019 Author: Ritesh Shah Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This white paper was commissioned to provide USAID, including Missions, Regional Bureaus, Pillar Bureaus, and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), with an overview of global and Agency thinking and practice on education and resilience and a foundation and justification for positioning USAID education efforts more concretely within a resilience frame.The white paper is organized into three key sections. The first section outlines the business case for resilience, explaining how and why resilience is an important consideration for education programs to consider in contexts of crisis and conflict and how education is well poised as a sector to contribute to strengthening resilience. The second section presents a conceptual framework for understanding how resilience operates through and within the education sector and program interventions. The third section provides a series of key considerations for developing and supporting USAID education programs with a resilience lens or focus. 
A Guide for Strengthening Gender Equality and Inclusiveness in Teaching and Learning Materials Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: RTI International | United States Agency for International Development (USAID) The purpose of this guide is to provide guidance on how to represent members of all subgroups of a society in teaching and learning materials in equitable and non-stereotypical ways. Reviewers can use the strategies proposed in this guide to evaluate existing teaching and learning materials across primary and secondary levels. Authors or developers can employ the strategies to inform the development of new materials. This guide is organized according to themes that emerged from the review of relevant literature. Each theme reflects a particular type of bias that should be considered when evaluating or developing teaching and learning materials. 
Returning to Learning During Crises: Decision-Making and Planning Tools for Education Leaders Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This toolkit is for USAID Mission staff and their partner national and local education officials, implementing partners, and administrators and educators of education institutions. It helps education planners plan and make key decisions on the return to learning during and after education disruptions caused by crises, such as COVID-19, in a way that is equitable, inclusive, and builds the resilience of education systems. To provide timely support to the field, this toolkit includes a first set of tools and identifies several tools that are forthcoming. The toolkit is expected to be updated with the full set of tools in late 2020. 
Kyrgyz Republic Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2023: Snapshots of Key Findings July, 2024 Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic | UNICEF Kyrgyzstan | United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | Government of Switzerland The 5th round of Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) covers 7,200 households across Kyrgyzstan, measuring 185 indicators related to healthcare, education, and social protection for women and children. MICS 2023 produced data for 32 global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, disaggregated by key characteristics such as gender, age, geographic location, income level and disability. 
Social and Emotional Learning and Soft Skills: USAID Education Policy Brief Year of publication: 2019 Author: Kalene Resler | Anjuli Shivshanker | Samantha Alvis | Chris Capacci-Carneal | Melissa Chiappetta | Lauren Greubel | Julie Hanson Swanson | Ashley Henderson | Josh Josa | Laura Lartigue | Rebeca Martinez | Leah Maxson | Olga Merchan | Yolande Miller-Grandvaux | Sandy Oleksy-Ojikutu | Rebecca Pagel | Nancy Taggart | Nina Weisenhorn | Wendy Wheaton Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Both the 2018 USG Strategy on International Basic Education and the 2018 USAID Education Policy emphasize the importance of social and emotional skills or soft skills in assuring the long-term success of children and youth. Through the Strategy and Policy, USAID is providing new opportunities to systematically design, measure, implement, and understand the impact of programs that build social and emotional skills or soft skills for children and youth.To support USAID staff and implementing partners in this work, this brief: Provides an introductory understanding of what USAID means by the terms “social and emotional skills” and “soft skills” and how to communicate about them. Specifies the desired outcomes and quality standards for programming that teach social and emotional skills or soft skills. Identifies areas in which evidence and best practices still have gaps, and areas in which we should consider investing in further learning. 
Analytical Report on the Rights of People With Disabilities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan Year of publication: 2017 Author: Lyazzat Kaltayeva | Nurzhamal Prenova Corporate author: Civil Society Development Association (ARGO) | United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This analytical report is the culmination of a research study conducted in four countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan) and Azerbaijan in spring 2017. The primary focus of the study was disability rights, which have a direct impact on the quality of life experienced by people with disabilities, and analysis of potential strategies and opportunities for civil society organizations to improve disability rights in target countries.Through the study, the research team followed the latest legislative and policy changes relevant to disability rights, and identified and documented best practices, lessons learned, and key challenges related to the promotion and protection of disability rights in the region. 
Beyond Access: Toolkit for Integrating Gender-based Violent Prevention and Response into Education Projects Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This toolkit was developed to support implementation of the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally. It provides guidance and resources for USAID technical and program officers working on education to increase understanding of GBV in the education context and strengthen integration of a gender-based violence (GBV) response into projects and activities. Because reducing school-related GBV is a high priority for USAID in all school systems globally, this toolkit includes school-related GBV, but the overall focus is GBV in the education context broadly.The Toolkit provides:The United States government definition of GBV and USAID’s definition of school-related GBVExplanation for why integrating GBV prevention and response improves education outcomes, and the evidence on the prevalence of GBV in the education sectorGuiding principles to ensure the well-being of those at risk for, and survivors of, GBVIllustrative GBV prevention and response activities by the USAID Education Strategy GoalsGuidance on how to integrate GBV prevention and response throughout theUSAID Program Cycle to be able to monitor, evaluate, learn, and adapt education projects and activities accordingly, and it includes illustrative indicators for measuringGBV prevention and response for each of the USAID Education Strategy goals. 
Student Training Manual: Dealing with and How to Avoid Gender-Based Violence in Schools Year of publication: 2009 Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school related gender-based violence (SRGBV).1 Violence in and around schools is a worldwide problem with serious implications for the educational attainment, health and well-being of all children.2 The physical, sexual and psychological abuse suffered by both girls and boys at the hands of teachers, classmates and others drives children out of school and can leave long-lasting scars invisible to the eye.