Here are some helpful tools for learning more about global access to education:
UNESCO Primary Education Website: UNESCO is the agency responsible for coordinating international efforts to achieve education for all. Their website is a great resource for an overview of the issue, recent data and links to other useful websites.
Education For All: Frequently Asked Questions: UNESCO answers your questions about the history of the education for all movement.
Education For All Global Monitoring Report 2005, The Quality Imperative: Learn why ensuring quality of education is just as important as access to education.
The Global Campaign For Education: Keep up to date on global efforts to achieve universal access to education, including annual campaigns on different themes. An excellent resource for news, events and up-to-date statistics.
Learn More:
Girls' Education
HIV/AIDS and Education
Education in Conflict and Emergencies
Education and Reproductive Health
State of the World's Children 2004: UNICEF devoted their 2004 report on children to the issue of girls' education and the role it plays in the fight against global poverty. Beyond the report itself, the website features video clips, images and discussion boards.
EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/4, Chapter 3: The chapter of this Education For All report focuses on the barriers that prevent over 60 million girls from attending school worldwide.
Girls Can't Wait: A report by the Global Campaign for Education that explains why girls' education matters and how to make it happen right now.
Learning to Survive: The Global Campaign for Education explains how investing in universal access to education could prevent over 7 million new infections of HIV/AIDS over a decade.
Education in Crisis: This website is dedicated to the issue of providing education to children affected by armed conflict and emergency situations.
Reproductive Health and Education, A Mutual Relationship: Learn about how education promotes smaller, healthier families and contributes to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality rates.
