UNESCO Bangkok is pleased to announce a photo contest on the theme: Promoting Gender Equality in Education. This contest is an effort for demonstrating “gender equality in action” through the means of photos for contributing to better understanding of what gender equality to education, in education and through education means to all of us. The 12 wining photos will be featured in UNESCO Bangkok’s 2009 Gender in Education Calendar and will also be posted on UNESCO Bangkok’s website.
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On 7 July 2008, Southern Sudan celebrated its annual Girls’ Education Day, an opportunity to acknowledge achievements in girls’ enrollment and galvanize action to close the gender gap in education. This year celebrations were focused in the Lakes State capital of Rumbek where thousands of school children gathered in the town’s Freedom Square. The event, which was attended by representatives of the Government of Southern Sudan, Ministers of Education from all ten States, United Nations and more...

Over 7,000 Tanzanians Give Their Opinions on livelihood, education, health, governance, infrastructure, well-being, citizen participation, and more. This report is the largest perception survey conducted in Mainland Tanzania to date. 7,879 Tanzanians, aged from 7 to 90 years, from ten mainland regions, were asked for their opinion on aspects of: economic progress, their standard of living, quality of and access to economic and social services, and trends in governance.

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Dynamic Youth is a free online monthly magazine, dedicated to Global Youth Development. The framework of this magazine includes all the areas of interest (issues) identified by the UNO under the concept of Global Youth Development and a few additions of local interest.  The magazine is addressed to the global youth and its main objective is to harness youth energy towards working for Global Peace and Prosperity.  The monthly magazines are uploaded on the last working day of the earlier more...

Authors: Publisher: UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Education, 2008. Education contributes toward the knowledge and personal skills essential for the prevention of HIV, and the mitigation of the impacts caused by AIDS. Education also helps to overcome the conditions that facilitate the spread of HIV, including poverty, ill health, violence and abuse, particularly against girls and women. Produced by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)'s Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Educa more...

The course seeks to examine how gendered identities are formed and re-shaped as a result of the development process – and responsive approaches in a variety of historical and cultural contexts. It will equally explore how gender and development relate to other categories of social identity and difference, such as race, ethnicity, economic and social standing, urban or rural life, etc. The course will explore activities such as: gender-awareness and self-awareness for women and men; gender role more...

'A mid-term assessment of where the world stands on its commitment to provide basic education for all children, youth and adults by 2015.
What education policies and programmes have been successful? What are the main challenges? How much aid is needed? Is aid being properly targeted?'