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Girl Effect URL:  http://www.girleffect.org/question The Girl Effect is a shared mission to create opportunities for girls and for the world. Little research has been done to understand how investments in girls impact economic growth and the health and well-being of communities. This lack of data reveals how pervasively girls have been overlooked. For millions of girls across the developing world, there are no systems to record their birth, their citizenship, or even their identity. However, the existing research suggests their impact can reach much farther than expected. Mainstreaming the Needs of Women URL:  http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001263/126375e.pdf This 32 page brochure from UNESCO features information on why education of girls and women is important and UNESCO's activities in promoting the role of women in society. The brochure describes, inter alia, the International Expert Group Meeting on Gender Equality in Basic Education, the ten-year United Nations Girl's Education Initiative (UNGEI) and provides facts and figures on gender inequality in education and much more. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) URL:  http://www.unicef.org/ The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works for children's rights, survival, development and protection, guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This site contains information about countries around the world, including recent statistics. WomenWatch: The UN Working for Women URL:  http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and academic and research institutions. It includes conferences on women, regional plans of action for women's advancement and empowerment; statistical data disaggregated by sex; and country information including national action plans. WomenWatch is a joint initiative of DAW, UNIFEM and INSTRAW.

"Women's rights, What have men got to do with it?" New Internationalist, No. 373, November 2004 http://www.newint.org/issue373/ Videos Title: Women In Development: Women's roles in the developing nations of the Asia-Pacific region (1996) Author: Fulloon, Sandra (writer, director, producer) Description This video studies the various roles of women in the development of several nations, and identifies cultural factors important in determining gender roles. The first sample study presented is the Solomon Islands, where 80% of the people are agriculturalists living traditional village lives. Women's health and education are important issues here. The second sample study focuses on Vietnam, and looks at poverty in an agricultural community. Women and their work are examined in both countries, with a Palau study providing some contrasts. The impact of environmental change, and women's roles in this area are considered. Secondary and tertiary teachers and students will find this video and its teaching notes very informative and visually pleasing. Duration: 25 minutes Age group: Upper secondary Where to get it: Classroom Video, http://www.classroomvideo.com.au/ Title: Talking Gender (1999) Description What is gender? How is gender created? These and other questions are discussed by Maria Pallota-Chiarolli, the author of Girls Talk. With input from teenage boys and girls on their own experiences, this video provides an in-depth look at how constructions of gender are affected by: the media and society, education and careers, family and the home. Age group: Senior Secondary Where to get it: Video Education Australasia, http://www.vea.com.au/ AusAID resources Focus articles Focus, a quarterly magazine published by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), provides a variety of items about how the Australian Government's overseas aid program addresses specific global issues. You can subscribe to Focus online or order printed copies at: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pubs.cfm?Type=PubFocus Gender and Development: Lessons and Challenges for the Australian Aid Program (2002) URL:   http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/gender_review_lessons.pdf This document provides a summary of the lessons and challenges arising from a 2001 review of AusAID's Gender and Development Policy. The aim of the policy is to provide equal opportunities for men and women to participate in and benefit from the Australian development assistance program.   Gender and Development (AusAID) URL:   http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/gender.cfm Information on the role of gender and development in the Australian government's overseas aid program. Australia 's aid program works with partner countries to: address violence against women and children, including trafficking in women and girls, and promote women's positive role in conflict situations and peace building; strengthen women's economic empowerment; and ensure that gender equity issues are effectively incorporated into governance and infrastructure activities.