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Introduction
From
06 to 09 of December the World Family Organization and the Chinese Government
in partnership with the United Nations will hold the World Family Summit
in Sanya, Hainan Province, China. The main purpose of the World Family
Summit is to promote the Family’s contribution to the implementation
of the Millennium Development Goals following a multi-stakeholder approach
and a better and common understanding of the MDGs and the role of Family
in contributing to their implementation through an enhanced learning,
dialogue and action process.
In
order to prepare WFO members and participants in general, to the discussions
and the outcome recomendations, the background papers positions based
on the work of the Millennium Project is available for consultation and
download as well as comments to the Millennium Project Task Forces as
well as to WFO.
The
Millennium Project is the independent advisory body to United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan that is commissioned with recommending, by
June 2005, operational strategies for meeting the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs). This includes reviewing current innovative practices, prioritizing
policy reforms, identifying frameworks for policy implementation, and
evaluating financing options. The Project’s ultimate objective is
to help ensure that all developing countries meet the MDGs.
As
a United Nations-sponsored initiative, the Millennium Project proceeds
under the overall guidance of the Secretary-General and United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Mark Malloch Brown in his capacity
as chair of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG). Professor Jeffrey
Sachs directs the Project, which brings together the expertise of world-class
scholars in both developed and developing countries, United Nations agencies,
and public, non-governmental, and private-sector institutions. Ten Task
Forces carry out the bulk of the Millennium Project’s analytical
work with support from a small secretariat based at UNDP headquarters
in New York.
Additional
information on the Millennium Project is available on its website at
www.unmillenniumproject.org
 MDG
2 -
Achieve universal primary education
and
MDG 3 - Promote gender equality and empower women
Contents
I. Introduction ...........................................................................
02
II. The Task Force Contribution.........................................................
03
III. The MDGs and the History of Goal-Setting in Education.............
04
IV. Trends toward Universal Primary Education and Gender Parity in
.....Education at the Primary Level....................................................
09
V. Messages of the Task Force..........................................................
14
Message 1. Mothers matter most. Sustained progress toward universal
.............primary education requires actions
to improve the status of
.............girls
and women. ..................................................................
14
Message 2. A little schooling isn’t enough. The benefits of education
.............endure
only after a critical level of schooling has been attained,
.............so
providing educational opportunities for adolescents – and particularly
.............adolescent
girls – is essential...................................................16
Message 3. Parents, and other citizens, have the right to know. Improving
.............local,
national and international accountability through better data and
.............monitoring
is fundamental to better education............................ 21
Message 4. More money, better spent. Significant Additional Resources
.............Are
Critical, But Not Sufficient, to Reach Universal Basic Education.. 27
Message 5. Focus on the hardest-to-reach. Reaching out-of-school
.............children
will take special efforts, beyond what is typically thought of as
.............“scaling
up.” ........................................................................
46
Message 6. Think holistically. For education to reach its potential to
.............contribute
to economic growth, it needs to be accompanied by sound,
.............broad-based
economic reform................................................... 55
VI. What the Donors Should Do .....................................................
64
VII. A Call to Action .....................................................................
68
Annexes ....................................................................................
69
Annex 1. Success Stories in Policy Interventions towards High Quality
Universal
.............Primary
Education............................................................1
to 52
Annex 2. Data Issues ....................................................................
1 to 5
Annex 3. Major Initiatives and Actors in Primary Education and Girls’
Education
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