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UNGEI and FTI: Advancing the Gender Equity Cause

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?. UNGEI Partnership. A more cohesive/efficient approach Building on comparative advantages

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UNGEI and FTI: Advancing the Gender Equity Cause

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  1. UNGEI and FTI:Advancing the Gender Equity Cause Cheryl Gregory Faye Head of UNGEI Secretariat CIES 52nd Annual Conference – 20 March 2008

  2. What is the UN Girls’ Education Initiative?

  3. UNGEI Partnership • 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

  4. Gender Gap Diminishing Globally with Increased Enrolment

  5. Where UNGEI Works

  6. Global Advisory Committee members ILO Norad Sida UNESCO UNFPA UNICEF USAID WFP World Bank World Vision International AED ASPBAE CAMFED CIDA Commonwealth Secretariat DANIDA DFID FAWE GCE

  7. UNGEI Partner Organizations Global Campaign for Women & AIDS IRC OXFAM International Plan International Save the Children Alliance  UNAIDS World Education World Learning Aga Khan Foundation American Institute for Research Beyond Access CARE Education Development Center EFA Fast Track Initiative

  8. Regional distribution of children out of school (million), 2006

  9. Children out of school by region, 2006

  10. Gender distribution of children out of school by region, 2006

  11. Gender parity index (GPI) in primary education (2000–2006)

  12. Gender parity index (GPI) in secondary education (2000–2006)

  13. UNGEI at Country Level

  14. UNGEI Collaboration with EFA Fast Track Initiative

  15. Study Finding on Gender in FTI Processes & Nat’l Education Plans • Wide variation on how gender was addressed in plans • Development partners’ approaches to gender also varied greatly • Shortcomings on gender in FTI Framework and Guidelines for Assessment and Endorsement

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Development of Inclusion Tool

  19. 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 FTI-endorsed sector plans to revise them? Or for those outside FTI? • Where/how to pilot the tool?

  20. For more information:www.ungei.orgor cfaye@unicef.org

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