What Works Hub for Global Education
Project summary
The What Works Hub for Global Education (WWHGE) is a global implementation science hub that seeks to understand how education reforms can be implemented effectively at scale with equity.
As part of this, the REAL Centre serves as Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) advisor. Its role is to provide intellectual leadership on embedding GEDSI across the Hub's research, implementation and engagement activities, based on the What Works Hub for Global Education’s Strategy for GEDSI.
This includes a GEDSI blog series to share emerging evidence and practical lessons on embedding equity in implementation science. We invite researchers, practitioners, policymakers and organisations working in education and implementation science to contribute to this series. This can be done by contacting the REAL Centre, with ‘WWHGE GESI blog series’ in the email title.
All of the blogs in the GEDSI series can be found on the What Works for Global Education website.
The REAL Centre also works collaboratively with the PAL Network on impact and cost analysis of the My Village programme.
Research team
- GEDSI Advisors: Professor Pauline Rose and Dr Laraib Niaz
- My Village research team: Professor Ricardo Sabates and Dr Yuyan Jiang
Duration
April 2024 - March 2027
Funder
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Publications
Systematic review of Gender, Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion in implementation science research
Niaz, L. and Rose, P. December 2025. What Works Hub for Global Education Working Paper.
Gender, Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion Blog series
From awareness to transformation: Embedding gender and social inclusion in the ‘My Village’ programme
Kishani, N., Cherotich Ngeno, W., Sabates, R. and Jiang, Y. 11 March 2026. What Works Hub for Global Education GEDSI Blog Series.
Prioritising gender and social inclusion: Lessons from scaling a peer mentorship and life skills programme in Tanzania
Ansari, A., Loti Mgonda, N. and Rose, P. 6 March 2026. What Works Hub for Global Education GEDSI Blog Series.
Reaching the marginalised or going to scale? Lessons from the Girls’ Education Challenge
Niaz, L., Rose, P., Aslam, M. and Rawal, S. 24 April 2025. What Works Hub for Global Education GEDSI Blog Series.
Launching the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Implementation Science Research blog series: Bridging the gaps
Niaz, L. and Rose, P. 8 March 2025. What Works Hub for Global Education GEDSI Blog Series.
Blogs
Foreword: Achieving learning at scale with equity
Boggild Jones, I., Bronwin, R., Niaz, L. and Opare-Kumi, J. 18 June 2026. What Works Hub for Global Education Blog.
The cost of reaching remote schools and the role of district government to enable scale
Sabates Aysa, R., Jiang, Y., Kishani, N., Cherotich, W., Masebo, B. and Mtitu, L. 13 August 2025. What Works Hub for Global Education Blog.
