1. “Collaborative Project on Girls and Women”
Presentation Group 1
“Collaborative Project on
Girls and Women”

2. Introduction Name of proposed collaborative project:
Conference to promote awareness of education for GIRLS
Brief of description
The conf. aims at raising awareness on education for girls & women and various support programmes to enable SEAMEO member countries to develop action plans and future collaboration.

3. Introduction Target unreached groups Countries involved
Girls and women in rural areas and ethnic minorities
Countries involved
ALL SEAMEO countries
Project led by Malaysia
Current supporters: Lao PDR, Indonesia, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Philippines
Plan to approach: Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar

4. Introduction EFA partners involved SEAMEO, ASEAN
UNESCO, UNIFEM, UNICEF, ASPBAE, SIL, World Food Programme (WFP)
ADB, World Bank

5. Details of project Objectives of Conference for Capacity Building:
To create awareness among communities, parents, stakeholders, institutions for girls attending school
To understand the needs to create a budget based on “gender”
To share experiences, best practices on gender in education projects
To strengthen future collaboration among SEAMEO member countries.

6. Conference sharing of:
Best practices in budget based gender.
Laos & Malaysia + …………
UNIFEM and UNESCO
School supplementary food programmes /support programmes
Laos & Malaysia + …………..
World Food Programme and ADB

7. Gender-responsive projects
Laos, Malaysia, and Indonesia +……..
SIL and UNICEF
Awareness of attending schools
Malaysia + ……..
ASPBAE and UNICEF
Basic education for girls: pedagogical approaches, curriculum development; and changing mindset
Laos, Philippines, and Malaysia +……….
UNICEF, SIL, and UNESCO

8. Time Frame: ~July 2009 hosted by ? Resources:
Funds for the conference
Experts on gender budget/gender issues
Paper presenters
Involvement of focal points of each country

9. Challenges/ Risks Human resources Coordination within the country
Educational budget, decided by individual country
Budget for the conference
Data collection of each country on the issue
Convincing high officials
Sustainability