Education Equity
Enhance opportunities for disadvantaged young people to access, participate in and achieve a quality education.
250Mchildren are still not in primary school
90%of 10-year-olds in low income countries can not read
Our approach
Enabling every young person around the world to access quality education
by utilizing evidence to: drive more informed decision-making; support innovation to disrupt current trends; empower education thought leaders to influence public policy; and enhance opportunities for the education sector to measure impact.
Partners and projects
Building a global evidence ecosystem for teaching
Equipping teachers with the knowledge they need to enhance and accelerate learning outcomes for the most disadvantaged children and young people.
Leadership and global learning for community impact
Creating locally rooted, globally informed leaders who work in partnership with their communities to ensure all children can fulfil their potential.
Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning Program
Providing marginalized women access to quality learning, entrepreneurship and employment outcomes through second chance education and vocational learning.
Millions Learning: Scaling quality education innovations and initiatives for all children and youth
This project brings researchers and practitioners together to generate evidence, provide practical recommendations, and build stronger links around scaling processes in global education.
Business Investment for Education Impact (BIEI)
Developing new tools and resources to increase the impact of businesses’ investment in education and encouraging more companies to make education a sustainability priority.
Program news
View all newsFirst Nations women becoming workplace assets and community role models
Real Futures is working closely with UN Women’s Second Chance Education Programme to deliver a project exclusively for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia.
309 days ago
Australia program
Education Equity
Improving career opportunities and choice for women and girls
Tailored education and leadership skills development are helping women and girls overcome cultural, economic and social barriers.
433 days ago
Education Equity
A second chance for Afghan women in Chile
“I’m the Afghan girl the Taliban wanted to chain. I’m the girl they wanted to imprison, who can’t study or work in that society. So, my crime and that of other Afghan women is to fight for our freedom,” 22-year-old Zahra Karimi.
589 days ago
Education Equity
3 Projects empowering women through education
Three evidence-based projects in Chile are helping to close the gender gap with universal, high-quality education and digital training.
798 days ago
Chile program
Education Equity