1. East Asia and Pacific Regional UNGEI UPDATE UNGEI GAC Business Meeting 13 June 2008 Kathmandu, Nepal

2. Main activities Study on ‘Gender Dimension of School to Work Transition’ for the East Asia and the Pacific’ South-East Asia Mid-Term Policy Review Conference – group facilitation

3. Advocacy brochure

4. Main Activities (cont.) Joint statement for Global Action Week on ‘Closing the Gender Gap: Quality Education to Reach Marginalized Girls and Boys’ International Women’s Day - EAP UNGEI booth Development of advocacy guidelines

5. Main activities (cont.) Progress note  Review  Overview of key trends

6. Boys too… Gender parity in gross enrolment ratio in secondary education Source: EFA GMR 2008 East Asia

7. Disparities at the sub-national level Gender parity in net attendance ratio in secondary or higher education Source: Viet Nam MICS Report Viet Nam

8. Digging deeper: the Mekong sub-region Gender parity in net enrolment ratio in secondary education Sources: EFA GMR 2008 and National EFA MDA Reports

9. Disaggregating data: case of Thailand Source: Thai MICS 2006

10. Feminized teaching profession EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008 Pre-primary educationPrimary educationSecondary education

11. “Feminine”, “masculine” fields of study Source: EFA GMR 2008

12. Parity leading to equality in outcomes? Source: Human Development Report 2007/2008

13. Parity leading to equality in outcomes? Seats held by women in national parliament Source: GENDER Info 2007 East Asia