UNGEI Advancing the Gender Equity Cause Cheryl Gregory Faye Head of UNGEI Secretariat Asia-Pacific Technical GAC Meeting – 12 June 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 UNGEI LEVELSUNGEI 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. Country Level UNGEI networks now set up in over 30 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia- Pacific. Where UNGEI Works

5 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

6 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

7 UNGEI at Regional/Country Level

8 UNGEI at Global Level

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

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