United Nations Girls' Education Initiative

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19 Apr 2012

Levelling the playing field through early childhood care and education

Over the course of my career with UNICEF I’ve seen first-hand the evidence that children who receive early learning opportunities are not only more likely to go on to enrol

11 May 2012

The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative Global Advisory Committee sets path to 2015 and beyond

The Global Advisory Committee (GAC) of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) today concluded a five-day meeting in Kampala. The meeting focused on a strategic review of the partnership in the lead-up to the Millennium Development Goals target date and following the recent formative evaluation of the partnership

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01 May 2012

New UNGEI Evaluation Report Highlights Achievements and Challenges

The important findings and recommendations of the global, regional, and country-level evaluation of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), conducted in 2011, have been recently published in a new report, the Formative Evaluation of The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative. The findings will be critical in charting the course of UNGEI in the future.

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26 Apr 2012

Podcast: Global Action Week promotes early childhood education

Every year, more than 200 million children under age 5 are not able to reach their full potential in cognitive development potential due to poverty, gender discrimination, conflict, malnutrition, inadequate care and lack of educational opportunities.

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18 Apr 2012

Youth advocates help enrol of out-of-school children in Pakistan

Walking through the narrow streets of Ahmedabad, an urban slum on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, 22-year-old Syed Mohsin Raza saw a barefoot school-aged girl playing outside her house.

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