Check out these resources for more information on universal education.
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The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children has developed this resource on education rights during times of displacement.
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UNICEF has prepared an brief report on five elements that affect the quality of education as it pertains to gender.
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This document by ActionAid! provides the IMF rationale for wage caps and assesses their impact on achieving EFA.
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The EFA Global Monitoring Report assesses where the world stands on its commitment to provide a basic education to all children, youth and adults by 2015. This link will allow you to download the full 2007 Report or view the document by chapter.
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This is a Summary of the 2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report. The report focuses on early childhood care and education.
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This report from the World Bank highlights the challenge of educational access and quality for children with disabilities.
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This Human Rights Watch report assesses the common barriers to the right to education. This link allows you to see the table of contents and view the report by chapter.
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This is a report based on findings from a November 2006 assessment where the Women’s Commission looked at education and livelihood projects and opportunities for Southern Sudanese who are returning after decades of displacement.
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The DATA report explains the G8 promise to Africa regarding primary education, interprets the promise and provides an assessment on the status of the G8 committment.
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This UNICEF article explains the surge in enrollments, progress, remaining challenges and lessons learned from the Kenyan experience of abolishing school fees.
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This article explores various African experiences with the abolition of school fees.
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This Global Campaign for Education report summarizes the contributions made by rich countries to achieving Universal Primary Education.
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This briefing paper analyzes the scale of the challenge facing education in Afghanistan, and the budgetary implications of that challenge.
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This report from Save the Children examines the impact of conflict on the education of children and makes recommendations for how to meet this challenge.
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The UNICEF State of the World's Children 2007 report focuses on the relationship between women's empowerment and the well-being of children.
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The MDG Indicator website presents the official data, definitions, methodologies and sources for the 48 indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
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The United Nations Girls' Education Initiative is the Education For All flagship for girls' education and principal movement to narrow the gender gap in primary and secondary education.
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The UNICEF child labor report provides an overview about child labor and some basic statistics.
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This report by the Council on Foreign Relations summarizes the extensive body of research on the state of girls’ education in the developing world today; the impact of educating girls on families, economies, and nations; and the most promising approaches to increasing girls’enrollment and educational quality.