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UNGEI and FTI:
Advancing the Gender Equity Cause
Cheryl Gregory Faye
Head of UNGEI Secretariat
CIES 52nd Annual Conference – 20 March 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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Gender Gap Diminishing Globally
with Increased Enrolment
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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
International
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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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Regional distribution of children
out of school (million), 2006
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South Asia
West and Central Africa
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Eastern and Southern Africa
Middle East and North Africa
East Asia and Pacific
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Latin America and Caribbean
Industrialized countries
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Central and Eastern Europe, CIS
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Children out of school by region, 2006
8.8
8.6
Eastern and Southern Africa
10.8
West and Central Africa
12.9
3.0
Middle East and North Africa
3.9
15.3
16.2
South Asia
2.4
2.6
East Asia and Pacific
2.1
2.0
Latin America and Caribbean
0.8
0.9
Central and Eastern Europe, CIS
1.5
1.2
Industrialized countries
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Male
Female
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Million
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Gender distribution of children
out of school by region, 2006
Eastern and Southern Africa
West and Central Africa
49% 51%
54% 46%
South Asia
East Asia and Pacific
Latin America and Caribbean
51% 49%
52% 48%
49% 51%
Central and Eastern Europe, CIS
Industrialized countries
World
53% 47%
44% 56%
52% 48%
Female
Middle East and North Africa
57%
Male
43%
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Gender parity index (GPI) in primary
education (2000–2006)
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Gender parity index (GPI) in secondary
education (2000–2006)
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UNGEI at Country Level
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UNGEI Collaboration with
EFA Fast Track Initiative
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Study Finding on Gender in FTI
Processes & Nat’l Education Plans
1. Wide variation on how gender was addressed in
plans
2. Development partners’ approaches to gender also
varied greatly
3. Shortcomings on gender in FTI Framework and
Guidelines for Assessment and Endorsement
Enhancing Gender in FTI & ESPs
• 2006 revision of FTI Appraisal and
Endorsement Guidelines
• May 07 FTI quality assurance review: no
increase in share of ESPs addressing
gender but quality advances
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Gender in FTI & ESPs (2)
• 2007 UNGEI review of gender component
in 3 endorsed plans
– One strong gender component
– One weak on gender
– One disregarded gender
• Nov. 07: UNGEI organized working
session with UNAIDS IATT on Education,
GFT on Child Labour & EFA, disabilities
flagship and FTI Secretariat
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Development of Inclusion Tool
Guidance
Priority Setting
Situation
Analysis
Enabling
Environment
Access, Quality,
Outcomes
Financing
Monitoring &
Reviewing
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Questions
• How to strike a balance between gender
and other inequities?
• How to make the tool simple enough to
be useful?
• What is incentive for countries with FTIendorsed sector plans to revise them? Or
for those outside FTI?
• Where/how to pilot the tool?
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For more
information:
www.ungei.org
or
[email protected]
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