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Leave No One Behind: Gender Equality in Transforming Education Summit National Commitments Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO The Transforming Education Summit was convened in response to a global crisis in education – one of equity and inclusion, quality and relevance. This paper applies a gender lens to the national statements of commitments made by countries during the Summit. It considers the scope of commitments to gender equality and gender- transformative education, common gender themes and considerations emerging across commitments, and notable gaps. It aims to inform future actions by the Global Platform to Drive Leadership and Accountability for Gender Equality and Girls’ and Women’s Empowerment in and through Education, and support to country action to transform education systems to advance gender equality. 
Communication Strategy: UNESCO Guidance on Communicating on Gender Equality in and through Education Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO About 259 million children and youth are out of school according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, including 127 million girls and 132 million boys. Twothirds of the 750 million non-literate adults around the world are women. This gender disparity remains one of the persistent challenges in adult literacy and education. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing challenges, disrupting the education of over 1.5 billion learners. UNESCO estimates that close to 24 million children and youth, including over 11 million girls and 13 million boys, may drop out of school due to the pandemic’s economic impact. A window of opportunity is now more than ever open to build back equal. This communication strategy is designed to provide strategic guidance on communicating on gender equality in and through education. While prepared for UNESCO Education Sector staff, including those at Headquarters, in Field/Regional/Cluster Offices and in Institutes as well as for implementing partners, a broader audience of gender focal points, partners, Member States and others with an interest in and commitment to gender equality in and through education may also find this strategy particularly useful. Estrategia de comunicación: Orientaciones de la UNESCO sobre la comunicación en materia de igualdad de género en y a través de la educación Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO Según el Instituto de Estadística de la UNESCO, aproximadamente 259 millones de niños y jóvenes no están escolarizados, entre los cuales 127 millones de niñas y 132 millones de niños. Asimismo, dos tercios de los 750 millones de adultos analfabetos de todo el mundo son mujeres. Esta disparidad de género sigue siendo uno de los desafíos persistentes en la alfabetización de adultos y la educación. La pandemia de COVID-19 ha exacerbado los desafíos existentes, interrumpiendo la educación de más de 1 500 millones de alumnos. La UNESCO calcula que aproximadamente 24 millones de niños y jóvenes, incluyendo más de 11 millones de niñas y 13 millones de niños, pueden llegar a abandonar la escuela debido al impacto económico de la pandemia. Ahora más que nunca se abre la posibilidad de reforzar la igualdad. Esta estrategia de comunicación está diseñada para proporcionar una orientación estratégica sobre la comunicación de la igualdad de género en y a través de la educación. Aunque se ha preparado teniendo en cuenta al personal del Sector de la Educación de la UNESCO en la Sede, las oficinas fuera de la Sede, regionales y multipaís y los institutos, así como a los asociados en la ejecución, esta estrategia también puede resultar especialmente útil a un público más amplio de coordinadores en cuestiones de género, socios, Estados Miembros y otras personas interesadas y comprometidas con la igualdad de género en y a través de la educación. Stratégie de communication: Orientations de l’UNESCO pour la communication relative à l’égalité des genres dans et par l’éducation Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO Selon l’Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO, 259 millions d’enfants et de jeunes ne sont pas scolarisés, dont 127 millions de filles et 132 millions de garçons. Les deux tiers des 750 millions d’adultes analphabètes à travers le monde sont des femmes. Cet écart entre les genres reste l’un des défis les plus persistants à relever en matière d’alphabétisme des adultes et d’éducation. La pandémie de la COVID-19 a exacerbé les difficultés préexistantes, perturbant l’éducation de plus de 1,5 milliard d’apprenants. L’UNESCO estime que près de 24 millions d’enfants et de jeunes, dont plus de 11 millions de filles et 13 millions de garçons, pourraient être déscolarisés en raison des répercussions économiques de la pandémie. Aujourd’hui, nous avons plus que jamais l’occasion de reconstruire l’égalité. Cette stratégie de communication est conçue pour orienter la communication relative à l’égalité des genres dans et par l’éducation. Bien que préparée avec des considérations pour le personnel du Secteur de l’éducation de l’UNESCO au siège, dans les bureaux hors siège, régionaux et multi-pays et instituts, ainsi que pour les partenaires de mise en œuvre, un public plus large de points focaux pour le genre, de partenaires, d’États membres et d’autres ayant un intérêt et un engagement pour l’égalité des genres dans et par l’éducation peuvent également trouver cette stratégie particulièrement utile. 
Evaluation of UNESCO's Programme Interventions on Girls' and Women's Education Year of publication: 2017 Author: Michael Reynolds, Martina Rathner, Estelle Loiseau Corporate author: UNESCO Internal Oversight Service (IOS) Since 2008, Gender Equality has been one of two global priorities for UNESCO. In May 2011, UNESCO launched the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education, also known as “Better Life, Better Future”, which aims to increase learning opportunities for adolescent girls and women and to find solutions to some of the biggest obstacles to their education. To further advance the global priority of Gender Equality, since 2015 a dedicated Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality specifically addresses the gender dimensions in education that contribute to differential access, participation, completion, and learning outcomes by boys and girls, and men and women. The evaluation examines UNESCO’s programme interventions in girls’ and women’s education during the period 2015 to 2017, in particular to ascertain the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of initiatives, and to clarify the strategic role and positioning of the Organization in supporting girls’ and women’s education at regional and country levels.The evaluation found that although UNESCO’s efforts for enhancing girls’ and women’s education are clearly aligned to SDG 4 and SDG 5 and also broadly in line with the overall principle of leaving no one behind, there is at times a trade-off between targeting the hardest to reach and other donor priorities, and UNESCO needs to more clearly position its efforts in support of girls’ and women’s education and its niche in the 2030 Agenda. Furthermore, continued efforts are required to scale up and/or replicate small-scale interventions, to better ensure sustainability and to consolidate mechanisms for coordination and information sharing among different interventions to seize synergies and enhance organizational learning. 
Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the opening of the PGA High-Level SDG Action Event on Education SDG4 Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-2017 (Bokova, I.G.) This address was given by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the opening of the PGA High-Level SDG Action Event on Education SDG4. 
Is every child counted? Status of data for children in the SDGs Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) “Is every child counted”, a recent status report by UNICEF, shows that sufficient data are available for less than half of child-related SDG indicators. Many indicators, such as those on poverty and violence, are not comparable across countries, and are either too limited or of poor quality, leaving governments without the information they need to accurately address challenges facing millions of children, or to track progress towards achieving the Goals. Data are also very limited on the situation of the most disadvantaged populations within each country. Better disaggregated data on these populations is necessary. The report also identifies priorities for enhancing the collection, analysis and use of data for children. 
Is every child counted? Summary of the status of data for children in the SDGs Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) “Is every child counted”, a recent status report by UNICEF, shows that sufficient data are available for less than half of child-related SDG indicators. Many indicators, such as those on poverty and violence, are not comparable across countries, and are either too limited or of poor quality, leaving governments without the information they need to accurately address challenges facing millions of children, or to track progress towards achieving the Goals. Data are also very limited on the situation of the most disadvantaged populations within each country. Better disaggregated data on these populations is necessary. The report also identifies priorities for enhancing the collection, analysis and use of data for children. 
Cracking The Code: Girls’ and Women’s Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO Despite significant improvements in recent decades, education is not universally available and gender inequalities persist. A major concern in many countriesis not only limited numbers of girls going to school, but also limited educational pathways for those that step into the classroom. This includes, more specifically,how to address the lower participation and learning achievement of girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. STEM underpins the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and STEM education can provide learners with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behavioursrequired for inclusive and sustainable societies. Leaving out girls and women in STEM education and careers is a loss for all. This report aims to ‘crack the code’, or to decipher the factors that hinder or facilitate girls’ and women’s participation, achievement and continuation in STEMeducation, and what can be done by the education sector to promote girls’ and women’s interest in, and engagement with, STEM. Déchiffrer le Code: L'Éducation des Filles et des Femmes aux Sciences, Technologie, Ingénierie et Mathématiques (STEM) Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO Malgrédes améiorations notables ces dernièes déennies, l’éucation n’est pas universellement disponible et les inéalité entre les genres persistent, souvent en déaveur des filles. Des facteurs socio-culturels et éonomiques complexes et lié entre eux pèent non seulement sur les possibilité de scolarisation des filles mais aussi sur la qualitéde l’éucation qu’elles recevront, les éudes qu’elles suivront et, au bout du chemin, leurs carrièes et leurs parcours de vie. Une préccupation majeure tient àla faiblesse de la participation et des réultats des filles dans les éudes de sciences, technologie, ingéierie et mathéatiques (STEM). Les STEM sous-tendent le Programme de déeloppement durable àl’horizon 2030 et l’éucation aux STEM peut apporter aux apprenants les connaissances, les compéences et les comportements néessaires àdes sociéé inclusives et durables. Laisser les filles et les femmes àl’éart de l’éucation et des professions des STEM non seulement les prive de la possibilitéde contribuer aux STEM et d’en bééicier, mais aussi perpéue le fosséentre les sexes et, plus gééalement, les inéalité sociales et éonomiques. Le présent rapport vise à« déhiffrer le code » en déryptant les facteurs qui entravent ou facilitent la participation, la réssite et la réention des filles et des femmes dans l’éucation aux STEM et, en particulier, ce que peut faire le secteur de l’éucation pour promouvoir l’intéê et l’engagement des filles et des femmes dans l’éucation aux STEM et finalement dans les carrièes des STEM. Il entend constituer une ressource pour les parties prenantes de l’éucation et autres personnes qui travaillent àpromouvoir l’éalitédes genres.