UNESCO Banner

EDUCATION

  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

Global Action Week for EFA 2011

Global Action Week (GAW) for EFA will take place from 2-8 May 2011, under the theme of "Girls and Women Education". In Pakistan, UNESCO in collaboration with other partners is supporting a number of activities for observance of EFA Week 2011.


EFA Newsletter
EFA Week is observed every year, all around the world to reaffirm determination for achievement of goals and targets set by the international community and the governments during World Education Forum, which held during April 2000 in Dakar, Senegal. UN Agencies including UNESCO and UNICEF are partners of EFA movement and Dakar Framework of Action. EFA Week 2011 will highlight the key advocacy messages through various slogans including; "It’s a Right, Make it Right: Education for Girls and Women Now!" The Global Campaign for Education (GCE), as the main organizer, has announced that GAW 2011’s main activity will revolve around "Story Telling", also referred to as "The Big Story". The main activity aims to link the local group and school work with the national and global events.

With only 5 years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve Education for All goals, the GCE reminds the international community once again, their task of being the ‘voice for the voiceless’ by increasing the frequency of their demands from governments to live up to their commitments in education. EFA indicators in Pakistan are low. There are apprehensions that Pakistan may not be able to achieve EFA Goals by 2015 with its present pace, unless special initiatives are taken to accelerate educational development in the country.

 Report on Global Action Week for EFA 2011 in Pakistan

 View Clips on EFA Slogans

 Global Action Week Event in Rahim Yar Khan

 Global Action Week Event in Quetta

 Global Action Week Event in Hafizabad

 Global Action Week Event in Peshawar

 Opinion ED Article on Global Action Week for EFA, 2-8 May, 2011
  (Urdu Version)