Office of Women in Development Symposium on Girls Education: Evidence, Issues, Actions

摘要

The Symposium on Girls' Education was held on May 17.18, 2000 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. The purpose was to continue the dialogue on core topics and issues of controversy in girls. education and to develop implications for policy and practice. To accomplish this purpose, the symposium was designed to promote an evidence-based discussion in a forum that would encourage dialogue and debate and increase interaction and develop partnerships among academic institutions, NGOs, multilateral development agencies, and other policymaking institutions. The symposium was organized around six thematic panels. Panels had four or five presenters, each of whom summarized a paper on a different aspect of the theme or question (such as the relationship between governments and NGOs in implementing girls. and women.s basic education programs, and creating girl-friendly schools while respecting conventional practices). Together, the panelists then led discussions of the issues. The length of the presentations was strictly limited to allow panelists and participants ample time to engage in lively, even passionate, debate of the issues and questions that were raised.