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From:	Manuella Donato [ profile ]
Subject:	First Day of UN Women's Commission focus on Education
Sent:	Feb 23rd, 2011 - 10:20:41

	---------- Forwarded message ---------- Data: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:44:00 +0200 (SAST) De: "Catherine Pagett" Focus placed on education as UN womens commission begins annual session 22 February 2011 Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today underscored the importance of education in raising the status of women in society and called for greater investment in measures to ensure gender equality, deploring the fact that two-thirds of illiterate adults across the world are female. Investing in women and girls is a force multiplier, Ms. Migiro told the opening of the two-week session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women at UN Headquarters. Not only is education a key driver of economic growth, it is also a catalyst for empowering women, she added. Ms. Migiro pointed out that global commitments to achieving universal primary education and gender parity, at all levels of education, have had a beneficial impact on girls school enrolment and retention rates in many countries, but the quality of education has not kept pace, particularly in the developing world. Read More http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37591&Cr=gender+equality&Cr1= Kind Regards, Catherine Pagett -- Manuella Donato Regional Focal Point - Latin America Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS Gonçalves Maia, 1000/103. Recife, PE. Brazil +55 81 99244408 \| manuella (at) gyca.org www.gyca.org \| www.tigweb.org

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