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Better Life, Better Future: UNESCO Global Partnership for Girl's and Women's Education Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO Since its inception, UNESCO has been a strong advocate, promoter and defender of the right to quality education for all, especially for girls and women. Gender equality and education are fundamental human rights, which stand at the core of UNESCO’s mandate. UNESCO launched the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education in 2011, guided by the conviction that by educating girls and women, we can break persistent cycles of poverty and in turn foster greater social justice. The Partnership aims to increase learning opportunities for adolescent girls and women and to find solutions to some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to their education. The partnership addresses two weakest links which are secondery education and literacy. 
Better Life, Better Future: UNESCO Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's Education Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO Since its creation, UNESCO has been advocating for, promoting and defending the right to quality education for all, especially for girls and women. As fundamental human rights, gender equality and education stand at the core of UNESCO’s mandate. UNESCO launched the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education in 2011 guided by the conviction that educating girls and women can break the cycle of poverty and foster greater social justice. The Partnership seeks to increase learning opportunities for adolescent girls and women and to find solutions to some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to their education. The Partnership addresses two main areas which require increased attention: secondary education and literacy. 
Better Life, Better Future: UNESCO Global Partnership for Girl's and Women's Education Year of publication: 2011 Corporate author: UNESCO “Better Life, Better Future”, UNESCO’s global partnership for girls’ and women’s education, addresses two main areas requiring increased attention – secondary education and adult literacy. It will seek to introduce programmes aimed at stemming the dropout of adolescent girls in the transition from primary to secondary education and in lower secondary schools, as well as focus on scaling up women’s literacy programmes through stronger advocacy and partnerships. As a first step, and in complement to other United Nations initiatives, UNESCO has recently concluded several dynamic public and private partnerships, which stand to benefit marginalized girls and women in Africa and Asia. 
Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO 
Addressed by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the Occasion of Launch of the Joint Programme in Nepal Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education; Kathmandu, 18 April 2016 Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-(Bokova, I.G.) 
Statutes of the UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education (197 EX/47, October 2015) Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO The purpose of the ‘UNESCO Prize for girls’ and women’s education’ is to reward the outstanding efforts of individuals, institutions, organizations or other entities engaged in activities promoting girls’ and women’s Education. The Prize would contribute to two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (Goal 4) and “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” (Goal 5). The Prize would reward in particular activities that are innovative and/or have far-reaching sustainable impact. 
UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education, 2017 edition: call for nominations Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education rewards innovative, outstanding projects advancing girls’ and women’s education. It contributes to Sustainable Development Goals 4 on education, and 5 on gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment. 
Summary Report of the International Seminar on Girls' and Women's Education, Beijing, P.R. China, 4-7 June 2016 Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO | UNESCO Beijing The International Seminar on Girls’ and Women’s Education, held 4-6 June 2016 in Beijing, explored benefits of education on girls and women along with barriers to the achievement of gender equality in education. It provided a platform for dialogue on the role of education for girls and women, particularly in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and specifically in reaching SDG 4 and supporting the achievement of other SDGs. The event also marked the first award ceremony of the UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education, which honoured two laureates for their outstanding innovation and contributions to advancing girls’ and women’s education. This publication presents a synthesis of information that was shared during the seminar’s sessions, and the findings and recommendations originating from the exchanges. 
Education Transforms Lives Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO This brochure explores UNESCO’s role in leading and coordinating the Education 2030 Agenda, which is part of a global movement to eradicate poverty through 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Education, essential to achieve all of these goals, has its own dedicated Goal 4, which aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. UNESCO is the United Nations’ specialized agency for education and the Education Sector provides global and regional leadership in education and responds to contemporary global challenges through education with a special focus on gender equality and Africa. 
Education Transforms Lives Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: UNESCO Education lights every stage of the journey to a better life, especially for the poor and the most vulnerable. Education’s unique power to act as a catalyst for wider development goals can only be fully realized, however, if it is equitable. That means making special efforts to ensure that all children and young people – regardless of their family income, where they live, their gender, their ethnicity, whether they are disabled – can benefit equally from its transformative power. Education empowers girls and young women, in particular, by increasing their chances of getting jobs, staying healthy and participating fully in society – and it boosts their children’s chances of leading healthy lives. To unlock the wider benefits of education, all children need the chance to complete not only primary school but also lower secondary school. And access to schooling is not enough on its own: education needs to be of good quality so that children actually learn. Given education’s transformative power, it needs to be a central part of any post-2015 global development framework.