IFUW
is committed to the promotion of lifelong education of women and girls
to enable them to reach their full potential. A key to the achievement
of this purpose is the development by every nation of an inclusive
and participative education policy that is committed to removing the
social, cultural and economic barriers that prevent every girl from
assuming her place as a contributing member of society.
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UNESCO
Implementation of Education for All (EFA) by 2015 |
The
most effective way to meet the needs of every society is to ensure
that every girl and boy is enrolled in school throughout childhood
and adolescence; that each receives schooling in a safe, supportive,
appropriate learning environment; and that each is taught by well
trained teachers, with a gender-sensitive curriculum and access to
adequate learning resources.
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education will also ensure that there is no discrimination by race,
religion, culture, language or gender; that girls, as well as boys
learn about good nutrition; life skills; disease prevention, including
HIV/AIDS; peer relationships; family life; conflict resolution and
the emerging challenges in science, technology and communication.
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Such
education will result in girls as well as boys becoming economically
independent; learning to work together for their mutual benefit, share
leadership and decisionmaking, and to be economically, legally, technologically
and environmentally aware.
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parity is the aim of the
United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), launched
in April 2000 under a Task Force chaired by UNICEF, which is seeking
to effect change within existing educational systems in order to
improve education for girls and enhance their opportunities to succeed.
It is encouraging international organizations, like IFUW, form partnerships
to consolidate, support and build on existing systems, especially
those that address lifelong education of women and girls and promote
cultural exchange.
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UNESCO
Millenium Development Goals |
Ensuring
education for all is a key strategy in the achievement of the Millennium
Goal of halving poverty by 2015. Without such a commitment to equity
in education for girls, nations will also be failing to meet the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC), and the United
Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW). |
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 Click
on the links below to access further information on specific issues,
ideas for action, project examples and links to additional resources |
- Education
for Sustainable Development
- Education
in Science & Technology
- Education
of boys
- E-learning
& distance education
- Employment,
economic independence, leadership & decision-making
- Literacy
- Mediation
& post-conflict education
- UNGEI - UN
Girls' Education Initiative
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