Education
Using various media, the GAP project examines why the Millennium Development Goal of gender parity in education by 2005 was not met, and highlights innovations that can help ensure that all children are in school by 2015. This report by UNICEF is the first step in the ongoing evaluation of progress.
Out-of-school girls need our attention now. That's the message behind UNICEF's '25 by 2005' campaign - a global drive to assist the international community in meeting its commitment to gender parity in education by the year 2005.
While many countries are already devoting a good share of their budgets to education, much of that investment is misdirected. That was the conclusion of a 2003 joint UNICEF-World Bank workshop held in Burkina Faso entitled "Investment Options in Education for All: Addressing Gender and other Disparities".
Making Quality Education Affordable: What Have We Learned?, 2003 The paper examines a number of key issues in the financing of education, including public financing, private financing, the increasing blurring between the public and private sectors and the issue of equity in financing of education, particularly with regard to gender.
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