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“A world where all girls and boys are empowered through quality education to realize their full potential and contribute to transforming societies where gender equality becomes a reality.”
Adopted at the 13 June 2008 meeting of the UNGEI Global Advisory Committee in Kathmandu, Nepal
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"If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls."
– Greg Mortenson,
Author of Three Cups of Tea
- One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
Learning from Girls’ Education as an Organizational Priority
Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender in Education
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RESOURCES
UNGEI: Gender as an Entry Point for Addressing Social Exclusion and Multiple Disparities in Education
UNGEI: Technical Meeting Report 2009
Worldbank: Girls’ Education in the 21st Century: Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth
UNICEF: Child-Friendly Schools Manual (2009)
United Nations: UN Special Rapporteur Education Report 2009 - Education in Detention - Women (2009)
UNGEI: Towards Gender Equality in Education: Progress and challenges in Asia-Pacific Region (2009)
UNDP: Resource Guide on Gender and Climate Change (2009)
UNICEF: Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Budgeting in Girls' Education in Ethiopia (2009)
UNGEI: Gender audit tool (2009)
UNICEF: Images of Girls and Girls' Education: 'Re-viewing' and Rethinking (2009)
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UNGEI: Technical Meeting Report 2009
Worldbank: Girls’ Education in the 21st Century: Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth
UNICEF: Child-Friendly Schools Manual (2009)
United Nations: UN Special Rapporteur Education Report 2009 - Education in Detention - Women (2009)
UNGEI: Towards Gender Equality in Education: Progress and challenges in Asia-Pacific Region (2009)
UNDP: Resource Guide on Gender and Climate Change (2009)
UNICEF: Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Budgeting in Girls' Education in Ethiopia (2009)
UNGEI: Gender audit tool (2009)
UNICEF: Images of Girls and Girls' Education: 'Re-viewing' and Rethinking (2009)
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6-8 World Conference on Higher Education 2009
Paris, France
31 Gender Photo Contest 2009 (UNESCO - UNGEI)
East Asia and Pacific (EAP) and South Asia (SA)
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Paris, France
31 Gender Photo Contest 2009 (UNESCO - UNGEI)
East Asia and Pacific (EAP) and South Asia (SA)
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