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Programme Leaflet [PDF version Oct. 2004] Programme Leaflet [WORD version] Oct 2004

There are considerable resources available on the Internet to support the work of IFUW on the topic of Education. These are only some of the key resources; more will be added later.

• Education for All: The Education for All movement took off at the World Conference on Education for All in 1990. Since then, governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society, bilateral and multilateral donor agencies and the media have taken up the cause of providing basic education for all children, youth and adults. Some of the themes in the quick links are Early Childhood Education; HIV/AIDS; Girls/Women in Africa; Higher Education; Poverty Education; E-learning and Sustainable Future. Material available in French, and there are regional forums and country plans. Also an excellent Bookshelf of UNESCO print materials, some available for downloading in pdf. http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/ed_for_all/index.shtml
    
• Girl’s Education: This UNICEF site offers a range of material on supporting girls’ education. UNICEF’s aim is to get more girls into school, ensure that they stay in school and that they are equipped with the basic tools they need to succeed in later life. Two relevant projects: Go Girls! (an outreach awareness campaign) and the 25 by 2005 (a strategy to improve the enrolment of girls in 25 counties) are described. Information is available by Region and by Country.
  http://www.unicef.org/girlseducation/
    
  
• The Cyber School Bus Project: This is a United Nations Global Teaching and Learning Project with excellent education materials available on many important topics. The curriculum lists the following topics: Peace Education; Poverty; Human Rights; World Hunger; Indigenous Peoples; and Rights at Work. Quizzes and games. Note: teachers who participate by reviewing content or testing materials will receive free materials for their classroom. French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic.
  http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/index.html
   
• Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT): WIGSAT is an international non-profit organization with a mission to promote the contributions women make in science and technology for development, and to help NGOs, governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies and women themselves to understand the gender dimensions of S&T and the implications of this for development policy and practice. WIGSAT provides services in the area of gender, science and technology for development, with a special focus on information and communications technologies. It also acts as a broker or disseminator of information and resources. English content. http://www.wigsat.org/

• Lifelong Learning: The Open University module on supporting lifelong learning has many papers on this topic for downloading. You may review the abstract or download the whole paper. Advice on referencing offered. English only. http://www.open.ac.uk/lifelong-learning/papers/

• WFSF – World Futures Studies Federation: WSFS is an organization of some 500 individuals and 60 institutions around the world whose mission is to promote futures education and research. The WFSF is a global network of practicing futurists -- researchers, teachers, scholars, policy analysts, activists and others from over 80 countries -- established in 1967. Section for Youth being developed. English only. http://www.wfsf.org/