UNITED NATIONS GIRLS EDUCATION INITIATIVE

NEWS AND EVENTS

JANUARY 2011
23-27
Planning workshop, UNGEI M&E Group
Cairo, Eygpt
 
26-30
World Economic Forum
Davos, Switzerland
 
31 - 2 Feb
Technical and Business Meetings of UNGEI Global Advisory Committee
Paris, France
 
FEBRUARY 2011
2-3 Feb
EFA Working Group meeting
Paris, France
 
22 - 4 Feb
Fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women
New York, USA
 
23 Feb
Empowering Girls: Education and Technology Side Event at the 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Danny Kaye, UNICEF House
 
28 Feb
ECOSOC special event on philanthropy
New York, USA
 
MARCH 2011
1 Mar
GMR Launch
 
8 Mar
International Women's Day
 
22-24 Mar
EFA High Level Group meeting
Jomtien, Thailand
 
APRIL  2011
27-29 Apr
World Economic Forum on Latin America
 
MAY 2011
2-8 May
Global Action Week
 
4-6 May
World Economic Forum on Africa
South Africa
 
20-22 May
World Economic Forum on the Middle East
 
25 May
Africa Day
 
JUNE 2011
12 Jun
International Day against Child Labour   
 
16 Jun
Day of African Child
 
20 Jun
World Refugee Day
 
JULY 2011
4-7 Jul
ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review on Education
Geneva, Switzerland
 
AUGUST 2011
9 Aug
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
 
12 Aug
International Youth Day
 
SEPTEMBER 2011
8 Sep
International Literacy Day
 
OCTOBER 2011
1 Oct
Arab Child Day
 
5 Oct
World Teachers’ Day
 
10 Oct
International Day for Disaster Reduction 
 
15 Oct
Global Handwashing Day
 
17 Oct
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
 
NOVEMBER 2011
19 Nov
World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse 
 
20 Nov
Universal Children’s Day/ CRC 22nd Anniversary
 
25 Nov
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women
 
DECEMBER 2011
1 Dec
World AIDS Day
 
10 Dec
International Human Rights Day