UNITED NATIONS GIRLS EDUCATION INITIATIVE

NEWS AND EVENTS

JANUARY 2012
9 - 11
Education World Forum
London, UK
 
25 - 29
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting: The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models
Davos, Switzerland
 
FEBRUARY 2012
12 - 17
Meeting of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Triennale
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
 
27 - 9 Mar
The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
 
MARCH 2012
8
International Women's Day
Global
 
12 - 15
Conference on Disability-Inclusive MDGs and Aid Effectiveness
Bangkok, Thailand
 
APRIL  2012
1 - 4
World Literacy Summit 2012
Oxford, UK
 
19 - 21
2013 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings
Washington, DC
 
22 - 27
56h Comparative & International Education Society Conference
San Juan, Puerto Rico
 
23-27
Global action week
 
MAY 2012
25 May
Africa Day
Global
 
JUNE 2012
12 June
International Day against Child Labour      
Global
 
16 June
Day of African Child
Global
 
18 - 21 June
Canada International Conference on Education
Ontario, Canada
 
20 - 22 June
World Open Education Resources Conference
Paris, France
 
JULY 2012
11
World Population Day
Global
 
AUGUST 2012
9 Aug
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Global
 
12 Aug
International Youth Day
 
SEPTEMBER 2012
8 Sep
International Literacy Day
Global
 
OCTOBER 2012
1 Oct
Arab Child Day
Global
 
5 Oct
World Teachers’ Day
Global
 
11 Oct
International Day of the Girl Child
 
16 - 18 Oct
Open Education Conference
Vancouver, Canada
 
17
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Global
 
NOVEMBER 2012
19 Nov
World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse 
Global
 
20 Nov
Universal Children’s Day/ CRC 23nd Anniversary
 
25 Nov
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women
Global
 
DECEMBER 2012
03 Dec
Policy Roundtable - Gender and skills development: Expanding opportunities for girls
A critical reflection on the 2012 EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR)
New York
 
10 Dec
International Human Rights Day
Global