UNITED NATIONS GIRLS EDUCATION INITIATIVE

UNGEI has a compelling mandate, and we receive numerous requests from concerned individuals and groups wishing to get involved. While we continue to be inspired by the outpouring of goodwill from those wanting to help make a difference in girls' lives, unfortunately, we do not have the resources to respond to individual and group requests for volunteer opportunities, communication with school groups in specific countries, print materials for research papers, etc. Instead, we urge you to turn to the web sites of our Global Advisory Committee members, partners and the National Committees for UNICEF, many of which have outlets for such requests. We continue to seek the partnership of organizations involved in international development for collaboration at global, regional and country levels. And we welcome your continuous feedback on our web site and our work. Thank you for your understanding. Thank you for caring.

UNGEI Secretariat

UNICEF
3 UN Plaza
Programme Division, Education Section
New York , NY 10017
USA
Email: ungei@unicef.org
Web: http://www.ungei.org/

Head of the UNGEI Secretariat:
Cheryl Gregory Faye, cfaye@unicef.org

Global Advisory Committee

Regional contacts

Mita Gupta
Regional Focal Poing, UNGEI, i.e.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Region (EAPRO)
P.O. Box 2-154
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Email: mgupta@unicef.org, meethacongo@gmail.com

Aster Haregot
Education Officer, UNGEI
UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
P.O. Box 44145
Nairobi, Kenya 00100
E-mail: aharegot@unicef.org

Malak Zaalouk, Ph.D.
Education Adviser
UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (MENA)
P.O. Box 1551
Amman 11821
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
E-mail: mzaalouk@unicef.org

Vigdis Cristofoli
Education Officer, UNGEI
UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa (WCARO)
P.O. Box 29720 Dakar-Yoff
Senegal
E-mail: vcristofoli@unicef.org

Raka Rashid
Project Officer - Education
UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA)
PO Box 5815
Lekhnath Marg
Kathmandu, Nepal
E-mail: rrashid@unicef.org

Anna Lucia D'Emilio
Regional Advisor, Excluded Population/ Regional Focal Point, UNGEI
UNICEF Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean (TACRO)
Apartado 0843-03045
Panama City
Republic de Panama
aldemilio@unicef.org

Raka Rashid
Regional Focal Point, UNGEI
UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA)
P.O. Box 5815
Lekhnath Marg
Kathmandu, Nepal
rrashid@unicef.org
rakarashid@yahoo.com

By Organization:

Academy for Educational Development (AED)
May Rihani 
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Learning Group
mrihani@aed.org

African Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA)
Adelaide Sosseh-Gaye
Chairperson
asosseh@hotmail.com

Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE)
Maria Lourdes Almazan Khan
Secretary-General
aspbae@vsnl.com

Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED)
Penina Mlama
Executive Director 
pmlama@camfed.org

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Nora Fyles
Senior Advisor, Education
Nora_Fyles@acdi-cida.gc.ca

Commonwealth Secretariat
Jyotsna Jha
Advisor, Gender, Education & HIV/AIDS
j.jha@commonwealth.int

DANIDA
Poul Erik Rasmussen 
Senior Adviser, Education 
pouras@um.dk

DANIDA
Knud Mortensen 
Senior Technical Adviser in Education
knumor@umor@um.dk

Department for International Development (DFID)
Richard Arden
Head of Profession, Education & Skills Team
r-arden@dfid.gov.uk

Department for International Development (DFID) 
Phil Rose
Head of Education & Skills Team
p-rose@dfid.gov.uk

Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
Dr. Codou Diaw
Executive Director
cdiaw@fawe.org, fawebox@hotmail.com

International Labour Organization (ILO)
Patrick Quinn
Technical Specialist, Child Labour & Education
quinn@ilo.org

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad/Norway)
Dr. Elizabeth Heen
Sr. Education Adviser
betsy.heen@norad.no

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad/Norway)
Oystein Lyngroth
Advisor on UNICEF/UNGEI
oly@mfa.no

Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA)
Sofia Orrebrink
Programme Officer, Education
sofia.orrebrink@sida.se

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Namtip Aksornkool
Senior Programme Specialist, Section for Inclusion and Quality Learning Enhancement
n.aksornkool@unesco.org

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 
Beatriz Castellanos
Regional Adviser on Education
castellanos@unfpa.org

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Julie Hanson Swanson
Education Programme Specialist
juswanson@usaid.gov

World Food Programme (WFP)
Ute Meir
Deputy Chief, School Feeding Service
ute.meir@wfp.org

World Bank
Mercy Tembon
Senior Education Specialist
mtembon@worldbank.org

World Vision
Ruthi Hoffman Hanchett
Gender Advocacy and Communications Coordinator
ruthi_hoffman@wvi.org

UNGEI Affiliates

Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Lucia Fry
Policy Advisor
lucia@campaignforeducation.org

The Netherlands
Marjan Kroon
Basic Education Expert
marjan.kroon@minbuza.nl