UNITED NATIONS GIRLS EDUCATION INITIATIVE

NEWS AND EVENTS

2010

JANUARY 2010
20 Jan
Launch of EFA Global Monitoring Report
UN HQ
 
20 - 23 Jan
Education International's First World Women's Conference
Bangkok, Thailand
 
27-29 Jan
59th session of IBE Council  meeting
Geneca, Switzerland
 
27-31 Jan
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
 
12-14 Jan
UNICEF Executive Board (First Regular Session)
New York, USA
 
FEBRUARY 2010
23-25 Feb
EFA High-Level Group meeting
Addis Ababa
 
24-25 Feb
Education Under Attack- release of UNESCO report
 
MARCH 2010
8 Mar
International Women's Day
 
21 Mar
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
 
APRIL  2010
19-25 Apr
Global Action Week on Financing for Education
 
29 Apr
"Strengthening HIV Prevention through Sexuality Education"
Web conference
9:30-10:30 am Eastern Standard Time
 
MAY 2010
15 May
International Day of Families
 
17-20 May
UNGEI Conference
Dakar, Senegal
 
JUNE 2010
28
2011 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) on Education
Geneva, Switzerland
 
7-9 Jun
Women Deliver 2010
 
12 Jun
International Day against Child Labour
 
16 Jun
"Building Bridges: Transitions from Secondary School" hosted by AED and AGE Africa
Washington, DC, USA
 
16 Jun
Day of African Child
 
21- 24 Jun
Eighth E-9 Ministerial Review Meeting: "“Literacy for Development”
Abuja, Nigeria
 
22-24 Jun
World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education
 
JULY 2010
7 Jul
1GOAL Education Summit
 
7-20 Jul
CSW online discussion and podcast on gender, education and employment
 
11 Jul
World Population Day
 
18 July
Shangai International Forum on Lifelong Learning within Expo
 
19 – 23 July
International Workshop on Gender Training, Canada
http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca/gender.shtml
 
AUGUST 2010
9 Aug
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
 
12 Aug
International Youth Day
 
SEPTEMBER 2010
8 Sep
International Youth Day
 
20-22 Sep
Summit on the Millennium Development Goals
 
22-24 Sep
International Literacy Day
 
OCTOBER 2010
5 Oct
World Teachers’ Day
 
18 Oct
The 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report Launch
 
NOVEMBER 2010
19 Nov
World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse
 
18 20 Nov
11th Regional Meeting of National EFA Coordinators
 
20 Nov
Greenlight for Girls
 
20 Nov
Universal Children’s Day/ CRC 21st Anniversary
 
25 Nov
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women
 
DECEMBER 2010
1 Dec
World AIDS Day
 
3 Dec
EFA Global Monitoring Report Panal Discussion
New York, USA - UNICEF
 
4 Dec
UNGEI Global Advisory Meeting
 
10 Dec
International Human Rights Day