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 | Asia Pacific Gender Equity in Science and Technology (APGEST)
APGEST’s strategy is to seek out and identify best practices in social and technical innovations and to engage poor and rural women in technological production and enterprise.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Centre de Recherches, d’Etudes, de Documentation et d’Information sur la femme (CREDIF) – Tunisie
Pionnière dans le monde arab-musulman et en Afrique, la Tunisie a consenti, dès l'indépendance, des efforts considérables pour promouvoir la condition de la femme en droit et dans le vécu quotidien.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Gender and Education Network in Asia (GENIA) - Bangkok
GENIA is a network of gender focal points in Ministries of Education across Asia designed to share information and lessons on gender and education.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Gender and food security: education, extension and communication
“Increasing women's primary schooling alone could increase agricultural output by 24 percent.”
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Gender Coordinator Programme OECD
This programme has been mandated by the OECD Council to improve the quality of OECD policy analysis and advice to Member Governments through gender mainstreaming, and to promote gender equality in staffing.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Gender Equality & the Millennium Development Goals
The UN Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality, the OECD/DAC Network on Gender Equality and the Multilateral Development Bank Working Group on Gender have a new website; an online resource on gender equality and the Millennium Development Goals.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Gender, Education and Development: Beyond Access Project
This project aims to contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goal of promoting gender equality by critically examining knowledge about how to achieve gender equality in basic education.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| GenderNet
This site describes how the World Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation in economic development through its programmes and projects. It summarises knowledge and experience in this area, provides gender statistics, and facilitates discussion on gender and development.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Online Discussions @ WomenWatch: Gender equality and women's empowerment, ten years after Beijing - Where do we stand?
Share your views with representatives of civil society, governments, the private sector, the UN and many others.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Online materials on economic policy and gender, The World Bank Gender and Development Group
The policies covered include, Trade and competitiveness; Public expenditure; Public sector downsizing; Labor markets; Pension reform; Safety nets and transfers; Child labor. Background papers, summaries of key findings, operational experience, and, in some cases, tools are available for each of these topics.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Partnership on Sustainable Strategies for Girls’ Education
is an international and inter-agency group that supports education policy research and analysis in developing countries with the objective of identifying policy measures which will improve girls' educational opportunities in the developing world.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| REPEM - Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeresal
Una Asociación Civil sin fines de lucro, creada en 1981. Agrupa a 140 ONG y a mujeres activistas y adémicas de los países de América Latina y el Caribe.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Siyanda
An online database of selected gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space for practitioners, policymakers and academics to share ideas, experiences and resources for mainstreaming gender in development.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Strategies for Advancing Girls’ Education (SAGE)
The three-year SAGE project draws upon the extensive basic education and girls’ education experiences of AED to provide technical and training assistance in girls’ primary education to USAID Missions.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
FAWE seeks to ensure that girls have access to school, complete their studies and perform well at all levels. Since 1993 it has grown into a network with a wide range of membership that includes women policy makers and male ministers of education who are associate members.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)
IANWGE is a network of Gender Focal Points in United Nations offices, specialised agencies, funds and programmes. It has played a central role in promoting gender equality throughout the United Nations system.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
UNIFEM provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| United Nations Development Group (UNDG)
The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) is an instrument for UN reform, created by the Secretary General in 1997, to improve the effectiveness of UN development at the country level.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) - Centre For Women
Established in 2003 it aims to improve the status of women by empowering them economically, socially and politically.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| Women's empowerment through poverty alleviation – Islamabad
The UNESCO Islamabad Office and the Allama Iqbal Open University (Islamabad) have jointly initiated a project for neo-literate women, with a view to encouraging them to earn money using different skills and to provide them with information on marketing and the management of small loans.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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| WomenWatch
WomenWatch is a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system.
>> More info >> Visit the website
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UNESCO & Primary Education |
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International commitments |
 The right to education |
| Education for All |
| Millenium Development Goals |
| Fast Track Initiative |
| UN Decades |
| Campaigns & Projects |
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| Facts and figures |
| EFA FLAGSHIPS |
| Publications |
| Selected Websites |
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Joint Programme for the Promotion of Basic Education for All Malagasy Children in Madagascar
Learning to read and write in a month!
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Centre de Recherches, d’Etudes, de Documentation et d’Information sur la femme (CREDIF) – Tunisie
Pionnière dans le monde arab-musulman et en Afrique, la Tunisie a consenti, dès l'indépendance, des efforts considérables pour promouvoir la condition de la femme en droit et dans le vécu quotidien.
>> Visit the website |
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Gender and Education Network in Asia (GENIA) - Bangkok
GENIA is a network of gender focal points in Ministries of Education across Asia designed to share information and lessons on gender and education.
>> Visit the website |
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Gender and food security: education, extension and communication
“Increasing women's primary schooling alone could increase agricultural output by 24 percent.”
>> Visit the website |
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Gender Coordinator Programme OECD
This programme has been mandated by the OECD Council to improve the quality of OECD policy analysis and advice to Member Governments through gender mainstreaming, and to promote gender equality in staffing.
>> Visit the website |
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Gender Equality & the Millennium Development Goals
The UN Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality, the OECD/DAC Network on Gender Equality and the Multilateral Development Bank Working Group on Gender have a new website; an online resource on gender equality and the Millennium Development Goals.
>> Visit the website |
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Gender Equality and Development, UNESCO
The programme on gender equality and development promotes the exchange of knowledge and critical thought. This is done in order to influence public policy that will address gender equality, the participation of women in society and the human rights of women.
>> Visit the website |
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Gender Equality Tool (ILO)
This website is managed by the Bureau for Gender Equality, which is part of the Geneva-based Secretariat of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
>> Visit the website |
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Gender, Education and Development: Beyond Access Project
This project aims to contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goal of promoting gender equality by critically examining knowledge about how to achieve gender equality in basic education.
>> Visit the website |
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GenderNet
This site describes how the World Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation in economic development through its programmes and projects. It summarises knowledge and experience in this area, provides gender statistics, and facilitates discussion on gender and development.
>> Visit the website |
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GenderStats
Data sources for GenderStats include national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
>> Visit the website |
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Girls Education, UNICEF
Partnerships have been a defining feature of UNICEF’s work for children since its inception.
>> Visit the website |
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Online Discussions @ WomenWatch: Gender equality and women's empowerment, ten years after Beijing - Where do we stand?
Share your views with representatives of civil society, governments, the private sector, the UN and many others.
>> Visit the website |
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Online materials on economic policy and gender, The World Bank Gender and Development Group
The policies covered include, Trade and competitiveness; Public expenditure; Public sector downsizing; Labor markets; Pension reform; Safety nets and transfers; Child labor. Background papers, summaries of key findings, operational experience, and, in some cases, tools are available for each of these topics.
>> Visit the website |
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Partnership on Sustainable Strategies for Girls’ Education
is an international and inter-agency group that supports education policy research and analysis in developing countries with the objective of identifying policy measures which will improve girls' educational opportunities in the developing world.
>> Visit the website |
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Prévenir le VIH/sida auprès des enfants de la rue
Le site de travail et de rencontre créé pour les participants du séminaire de Niamey (p.a.u.education/UNESCO)
>> Visit the website |
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Q Web - A Women’s Empowerment Base
Q Web is built on the idea that the way to a better life and health for women goes through empowerment. Its overall aim is to promote women's health and equal rights and to ensure women control over sexuality and reproduction.
>> Visit the website |
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REPEM - Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeresal
Una Asociación Civil sin fines de lucro, creada en 1981. Agrupa a 140 ONG y a mujeres activistas y adémicas de los países de América Latina y el Caribe.
>> Visit the website |
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Siyanda
An online database of selected gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space for practitioners, policymakers and academics to share ideas, experiences and resources for mainstreaming gender in development.
>> Visit the website |
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Strategies for Advancing Girls’ Education (SAGE)
The three-year SAGE project draws upon the extensive basic education and girls’ education experiences of AED to provide technical and training assistance in girls’ primary education to USAID Missions.
>> Visit the website |
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TaskForce on Education and Gender Equality
Toward universal primary education: investments, incentives, and institutions
>> Visit the website |
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The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
The object of the Commission is to promote implementation of the principle that men and women shall have equal rights. It was established as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council to prepare recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women's rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields as well as on urgent problems requiring immediate attention in the field of women's rights.
>> Visit the website |
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The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
FAWE seeks to ensure that girls have access to school, complete their studies and perform well at all levels. Since 1993 it has grown into a network with a wide range of membership that includes women policy makers and male ministers of education who are associate members.
>> Visit the website |
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The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)
IANWGE is a network of Gender Focal Points in United Nations offices, specialised agencies, funds and programmes. It has played a central role in promoting gender equality throughout the United Nations system.
>> Visit the website |
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UN Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI)
Millions of children around the world are deprived of the right to education. The result: One out of three children never see the inside of a classroom. UNESCO works with national governments and development partners to achieve universal free primary education and gender equality by 2015.
>> Visit the website |
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UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
Empowering women and working towards gender equality through research, training and information.
>> Visit the website |
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United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
UNIFEM provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security.
>> Visit the website |
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United Nations Development Group (UNDG)
The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) is an instrument for UN reform, created by the Secretary General in 1997, to improve the effectiveness of UN development at the country level.
>> Visit the website |
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) - Centre For Women
Established in 2003 it aims to improve the status of women by empowering them economically, socially and politically.
>> Visit the website |
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Women's empowerment through poverty alleviation – Islamabad
The UNESCO Islamabad Office and the Allama Iqbal Open University (Islamabad) have jointly initiated a project for neo-literate women, with a view to encouraging them to earn money using different skills and to provide them with information on marketing and the management of small loans.
>> Visit the website |
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WomenWatch
WomenWatch is a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system.
>> Visit the website |
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