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In 2012, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) launched the 拢355 million Girls鈥� Education Challenge Fund (GEC) to support up to a million of the world鈥檚 most marginalised girls to improve their lives through education. Within the Step Change Window (SCW), non-governmental organisations are being funded to quickly and effectively expand education opportunities for 650,000 girls at primary and secondary school levels.

Fifteen SCW projects were awarded funding of up to 拢30 million. They operate in Afghanistan, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. These projects plan to provide girls with access to education, materials, safe spaces and a 鈥榲oice鈥�. They will also help to mobilise and build capacity within governments, communities and schools, for example, through training and mentoring teachers, governors and community leaders.