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UNGEI
Advancing the Gender Equity Cause
Cheryl Gregory Faye
Head of UNGEI Secretariat
Asia-Pacific Technical GAC Meeting – 12 June 2008
What is the
UN Girls’ Education Initiative?
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UNGEI Partnership
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A more cohesive/efficient approach
Building on comparative advantages
Collaborative/joint Interventions
Negotiate/Advocate with one voice
Synergy = more than sum of its parts
Pooling resources and expertise
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Where UNGEI Works
UNGEI LEVELS
UNGEI Developments & Prospects
Global Level
Global Advisory Committee established,
includes IOs, donors and NGOs.
Secretariat in UNICEF.
Regional Level
Regional focal points set up in four
regions to facilitate/support UNGEI
work at country level.
UNGEI networks now set up in over 30
countries, mainly in Africa and AsiaPacific.
Country Level
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Global Advisory Committee members
AED
ASPBAE
CAMFED
CIDA
Commonwealth
Secretariat
DANIDA
DFID
FAWE
GCE
ILO
Norad
Sida
UNESCO
UNFPA
UNICEF
USAID
WFP
World Bank
World Vision Int’l
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UNGEI Partner Organizations
Aga Khan Foundation
American Institute for
Research
Beyond Access
CARE
Education Development
Center
EFA Fast Track Initiative
Global Campaign for
Women & AIDS
IRC
OXFAM International
Plan International
Save the Children Alliance
UNAIDS
World Education
World Learning
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UNGEI at Regional/Country Level
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UNGEI at Global Level
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Major 2008 Actions
1. Panel on Financing Gender Equality in Education
at March session of the Commission on the Status
of Women
2. Development of Equity and Inclusion Tool for use in
FTI and other countries
3. Drafting a framework to monitor and evaluate
UNGEI’s added value at global, regional, country
levels
4. Convening virtual conference on gender and
education in late 2008
For more
information:
www.ungei.org
or
[email protected]
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