This think piece explores the role of women's rights organisations in creating enabling environments for girls' education and in challenging harmful gender norms. It examines the constraints those organisations faced and how they were overcome, their impact on education outcomes, and the factors that contributed to their success.

It highlights how women's rights organisations contribute to transforming gender norms and expanding opportunities for marginalised girls in low-income contexts, and reflects on lessons from integrating feminist partnerships into large-scale education programmes. It closes by prompting broader questions about the role of women's rights organisations within education and about how non-state actors and donors should work with them.