Our Research
Independent research on women, education, representation and opportunity.
Girl Let’s Learn examines the barriers shaping the lives and opportunities of girls and women, with a particular focus on African and African-descended communities.
Our research brings together existing evidence, policy analysis and practical recommendations.
I. THE INVISIBLE SEAT
REPORT 01 · POLITICAL REPRESENTATION · 2026
The Invisible Seat
Women of African Descent and Political Representation in Europe
Across Europe, women of African descent live, work, vote and contribute to public life. Yet their presence within the political institutions that shape their lives remains strikingly limited.
The Invisible Seat, Girl Let’s Learn’s inaugural research report, examines this gap between participation in European society and representation within political decision-making.
Drawing on available demographic and institutional data, the report looks at who reaches positions of political power, where representation remains limited, and why visibility in public life does not necessarily translate into a seat at the decision-making table.
The figures point to a representation gap that cannot be understood through gender alone.
Looking at women’s representation in European politics without examining race and African descent can hide who remains absent even as overall female representation improves.
The report considers this intersection and asks a broader question: who gets to participate in the institutions where political decisions are made and who is still missing from the room?
What the data shows?
9M
African diaspora in Europe
31,6%
Women in EU Parliaments
<0.5%
Diaspora Women among European MPs
II. Learning in the Age of AI
Report 02 : Education & Technology
What research shows
Access alone is not enough. Young women also need the digital skills, critical thinking and educational pathways required to use AI meaningfully and to turn those skills into opportunies
From research to action
The study sets out five areas for action and proposes a GLL pilot, AI & Future Skills for Girls, designed to translate these findings into practice.
II. Learning in the Age of AI
Report 02 : Education & Technology
Young African Women Facing the Digital Transformation of Education and Work
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of how people learn, work and access information. But access to AI is not the same as having the ability to benefit from it.
For young African women, that distinction matters. Using AI effectively depends on conditions that come before the technology itself: reliable internet access, an appropriate device, digital skills, the ability to evaluate information, educational opportunities and a pathway from learning into work.
Learning in the Age of AI examines these conditions and asks a simple question: as AI reshapes education and work, are young African women being equipped to participate fully in AI reshapes education and work, are young African women being equipped to participate fully in that transformation?
31% vs 43%
Women and men using the Internet in Africa, 2024.
53%
Of young people aged 15–24 in Africa used the Internet in 2024.
40–44 / 100
For every 100 men in sub-Saharan Africa with spreadsheet skills, only 40 to 44 women have the same skill.
26.9% vs 16.8%
Projected NEET rate for young women and young men in sub-Saharan Africa in 2025.