RESOURCES
Academic research and studies
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Practising Gender Equality in Education
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Learning from Experience: Case study Afghanistan
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Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education: Gender Differences in Time Use among Children in Rural Bangladesh
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Promoting Quality Education for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
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Violence against girls at school.
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Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health
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A Study on violence against girls
Resource
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Overcoming Barriers To Girls’ Education In South Asia - Deepening the Analysis
Resource
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Exploring the bias: New research reveals gender disparities in education
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Images of Girls and Girls' Education: 'Re-viewing' and Rethinking (2009)
This report provides insights into how UNICEF-promoted images of girls' education are read and interpreted by sample groups of relevant stakeholders, with a view to inform image-based communications and advocacy strategies as well as girls' education programming.
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Making Education Work: The Gender Dimension of the School to Work Transition (2009)
This report aims to examine existing disparities in the East Asia and Pacific region, looking particularly at the situation of males and females at different levels of education and in the labour market. The report highlights pertinent issues and potential challenges in the school-to-work transition for girls and to subsequent employment outcomes from both national and regional perspectives. It concludes by flagging key knowledge gaps and providing recommendations for further action and research.
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Evaluation of MoE/UNICEF’s “Basic Education and Gender Equality Programme” for 2006-2008 Afghanistan (2008)
The clients for this evaluation; the Swedish and Norwegian governments have provided substantial support to the Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education (MoE) and UNICEF Basic Education and Gender Equality (BEGE) since 2006. The main purpose of this evaluation is to assess if UNICEF’s stated objectives has been accomplished during the evaluated program period (2006-mid 2008).
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Developing Rights-Based Education SWAps in South Asia: From Evidence to Action
This publication seeks to support all those who are involved in education SWAps to proactively realize the potential of a SWAp to achieve a comprehensive, rights-based approach.
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Social Inclusion: Gender and Equity in Education SWAPs in South Asia, Bangladesh Case Study
This study consists of three linked case studies, from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as a synthesis report.
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Social Inclusion: Gender and Equity in Education SWAPs in South Asia, Sri Lanka Case Study
This study consists of three linked case studies, from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as a synthesis report.
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Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)
This study documents and analyzes the extent and nature of gender disadvantage in junior and senior secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Global Education Initiative (GEI) Model of Effective Partnership Initiatives for Education (2007)
This report presents and describes the Global Education Initiative (GEI) model of effective partnership initiatives for education as it is currently being implemented in Jordan, Rajasthan, India and Egypt and summarizes the many lessons learned in the process of implementing initiatives across these three countries.
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Impact of Sex and HIV Education Programs on Sexual Behaviors of Youth in Developing and Developed Countries (2005)
Sex and HIV education programs that are based on a written curriculum and that are implemented among groups of youth in school, clinic, or community settings are a promising type of intervention to reduce adolescent sexual risk behaviors. This paper summarizes a review of 83 evaluations of such programs in developing and developed countries.
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Improving the Education Response to HIV and AIDS (2008)
This report synthesises case study exercises undertaken to examine the quality, effectiveness and coordination of the education sector’s response to the HIV epidemic in four countries – Jamaica, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia.
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Education under attack (2007)
A global study on targeted political and military violence against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials, and institutions
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Raising Student Learning in Latin America (2007)
The Challenge of the 21st Century
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Toward High-quality Education in Peru: Standards, Accountability, and Capacity Building (2007)
Paperback book - 166 pages
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What Works in Girls' Education: Evidence and policies from the developing world (2004)
Report
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Voices from Rural Guinea on the Education of Girls and Boys (2005)
Paper as a result of a nine-day visit by a team from Princeton University to Guinea to understand the issues currently facing girls’ education and to provide recommendations.
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The Power and Promise of Girls' Education (2005)
State of the World's Mothers 2005
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Teachers and Educational Quality: Monitoring Global Needs for 2015
UNESCO Institute for Statistics report
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Scaling Up Girls' Education: Towards a scorecard on girls' education in the Commonwealth (2004)
Academic research paper
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Quality and Equality in Education: Gendered politics of institutional change (2005)
Paper presented at Seminar in Dhaka on 31 January-1 February 2005
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Principally Women: Gender in the Politics of Mexican Education (2006)
Chapter from Changing Structure of Mexico: Political, Social, and Economic Prospects (Columbia University Seminar Series)
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Planning and Evaluation for Gender Equality in Education in the Context of HIV and AIDS (2005)
Paper presented at Seminar in Dhaka on 31 January-1 February 2005
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Integrating Gender into Education for All Fast Track Initiative Processes and National Education Plans (2005)
Study
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Girls’ Education in Africa: What do we know about strategies that work? (2004)
Working paper on successful strategies in improving girls' education in Africa
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Girls' Education - World Bank support through IDA (1999)
Departmental Working Paper
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Children Having Children (2004)
State of the World Mothers 2004
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Changes in Girl's Lives: Malawi from 1990 to 1997 (1999)
Departmental Working Paper/Country Study
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Achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015: A chance for every child (2003)
Report
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Study of Policies and Programmes Addressing the Right of Street Children to Education (2005)
Research Report
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Beyond Access: Partnership for quality with equity(2005)
Paper presented at Seminar in Dhaka on 31 January-1 February 2005
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EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/4 - Gender and Education for All: The lead to equality (2003)
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Education Strategy - Improving lives through learning (2005)
Education Strategy
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UN Secretary-General's study on violence against women (2006)
An in-depth study on all forms of violence against women.
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From Schooling Access to Learning Outcomes: An Unfinished Agenda (2006)
An Evaluation of the World Bank's Support to Primary Education
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Review of the Evidence: Girls’ Education and HIV Prevention CD-ROM (2006)
CD-ROM of policy documents, case studies, reports, tools, curricula and other materials, aimed to expand the evidence base on the link between girls’ education and HIV prevention.
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Education and conflict: research, policy and practice (2006)
Forced Migration Review, July 2006
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Children Out of School: Measuring Exclusion from Primary Education
Report
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Girls' right to education (2006)
Report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Mr. V. Muñoz Villalobos
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Winning People’s Will for Girl Child Education (2006)
Case study on Girls’ Education in Nepal. Action-research project.
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The Structure of Social Disparities in Education: Gender and Wealth (1999)
Working Paper
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A Feminist and Critical Perspective on Family - Education Partnerships for Gender Equality and Quality Basic Education (2005)
Paper presented at Seminar in Dhaka on 31 January-1 February 2005
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The Costs of Missing the Millennium Development Goal on Gender Equity (2003)
Discussion paper
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A Scorecard on Gender Equality and Girls' Education in Asia 1990-2000 (2004)
Advocacy Brief
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Fostering Opportunities to Learn at an Accelerated Pace: Why do girls benefit enormously? (2004)
Working Paper
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Changing the Lives of Girls: Evaluation of the African Girls’ Education Initiative (2004)
Evaluation report