Policy paper

Girls Education Forum: Statement of Action

Statement of Action to Accelerate Marginalised Girls’ Education Outcomes and Gender Equality, and Summary of Commitments made in support.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 7 July 2016
• Last updated: 26 July 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Documents

Girls Education Forum: Statement of Action

PDF, 756 KB, 8 pages

Commitments in support of the GEF Statement of Action

PDF, 200 KB, 4 pages

Details

This Statement of Action sets out how we will take individual, collective and complementary action on 4 interlinked areas where the evidence shows us that we can achieve transformational and cost-effective change for marginalised girls:

• marginalised girls and women shaping their education
• targeted financing for marginalised girls’ education
• data and evidence for gender equitable planning and programming
• reducing barriers to marginalised girls’ education

The Commitments in Support of the Statement of Action document is a summary of commitments made by governments, business and aid agencies to help girls around the world get an education.

Published 7 July 2016
Last updated 26 July 2016 + show all updates

1. 26 July 2016

   Updated version of Summary of Commitments added

2. 7 July 2016

   First published.