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NEW REPORT: 'Still left behind: Pathways to inclusive education for girls with disabilities', a joint Leonard Cheshire Disability and UNGEI publication, is now available for download. Download Full Report >>
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Join UNESCO August 28-30 in Bangkok for their International Symposium and Policy Forum. Read more below on the 2017 theme, 'Cracking the Code: Girls’ Education in STEM'. More here >>
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GPE and UNGEI are pleased to launch the 'Guidance for Developing Gender-Responsive Education Sector Plans'. Download and read about the Guidance in our latest blog. More here >>
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From 2014 - 2016 the ‘UNGEI Good Practice Fund’ supported 17 organisations and local governments from across the globe to shed light on best practices and lessons learnt in gender focused education initiatives. Click below to view the findings. Read More >>
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News: Upcoming UNESCO IIEP Webinar on female leadership in education11 August 2017 (1pm UTC/GMT) - UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning presents a webinar on 'Modeling female leadership in educational policy and planning'. In the context of IIEP Summer School 2017 for Female Planners: “Policy, Planning and Leadership”, Nora Fyles, Head of the Secretariat, United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative, will explore issues related to gender and institutional capacity as an important feature of education sector planning; and reflect on leadership for gender equality in education. Register here.Read more > -
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News: ICYMI - GPE webinar series recording 'Data must speak initiative'Broadcast live August 3, the Global Partnership for Education hosted the 'Data Must Speak Initiative' webinar, highlighting that better use of data and feedback tools can improve education system management, particularly on the equity dimension, and enhance social accountability through community participation. The webinar focused on the initiative’s key principles and objectives, as well as its implementation and how it links with the education sector planning processes in participating countries. Countries also shared their experiences with the initiative.Read more >
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News: Women’s Empowerment and Education: linking knowledge to transformative actionEducation International will be hosting a webinar Wednesday August 2nd 10.00am-12.00pm (CET) on: ‘Women’s Empowerment and Education: linking knowledge to transformative action’. The webinar will feature a special presentation by Nelly Stromquist, Professor of International Education Policy in the Department of Counselling, Higher Education and Special Education at College of Education, University of Maryland, based on her 2015 article of the same name.Read more > -
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News: UNESCO Report - Education critical in preventing adolescent pregnancyNow available, UNESCO's latest report on evidence-based recommendations on the key role education plays in preventing and responding to early and unintended pregnancy (EUP). The launch of the technical brief ‘Early and unintended pregnancy: Recommendations for the education sector’ and the background document coincided with the 2017 London Family Planning Summit on July 10, 2017 where UNESCO will confirm its commitment to support the contribution of national education sectors to ending AIDS and promoting better health and well-being for all children and young people, especially girls.Read more > -
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News: GPE Chair Julia Gillard to G20 leaders 'step forward and increase foreign aid and support for education'Ahead of the G20 summit, Global Partnership for Education Chair, Julia Gillard calls on world leaders to invest in education. In a recent CNN interview, Gillard warned G20 leaders on the dangers of under-investment in education stating that by staying on the current course of decreased aid investment in education, "we are going to see is a world where prosperity can't be shared and a world of more instability." Of recent years aid to education has reduced threatening the achievement of global education goals. The solution Gillard and the Global Partnership for Education proposes includes a 2 billion dollar investment a year to meet 2020 education targets. Watch the full interview here.Read more > -
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News: Child Marriage Will Cost Developing Countries Trillions of Dollars by 2030, Says World Bank/ICRW ReportChild marriage will cost developing countries trillions of dollars by 2030, says a new report published by the World Bank and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). In contrast, ending child marriage would have a large positive effect on the educational attainment of girls and their children, contribute to women having fewer children and later in life, and increase women’s expected earnings and household welfare. According to the report, in the past 30 years, the prevalence of child marriage (marriage or union before the age of 18) has decreased in many countries, but it still remains far too high.Read more >
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Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: Global Synthesis ReportSee more >The study looks at five domains of impacts: (i) fertility and population growth; (ii) health, nutrition, and violence; (iii) educational attainment and learning; (iv) labor force participation and earnings; and (v) participation, decision-making, and investments. Economic costs associated with the impacts are estimated for several of the impacts. -
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Bright and Early: How financing pre-primary education gives every child a fair start in lifeSee more >This paper shows that pre-primary education has not yet achieved the level of priority necessary in domestic policies and budgets, with nearly all low income countries dedicating less than 5% of their education budgets to pre-primary education. -
Girls' education and gender in education sector plans and GPE-funded programsSee more >This report takes stock of how girls' education and gender issues are included in education sector plans as well as implementation plans of GPE partner countries, and in the programs that are funded by GPE grants. The objective of the report is to establish a baseline for information available in current documents, in order to inform and improve the consideration of gender issues in future sector plans, and to promote the achievement of the GPE strategic objective 2 on gender equality and inclusion. -
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Still left behind: Pathways to inclusive education for girls with disabilitiesSee more >This report brings to light the persistent and significant gaps in research regarding education and disability, and in particular the need for more attention to the experience of girls with disabilities.