SOUTH AFRICA, GENDER AUDITESAR UNGEI ANNUAL REPORT 2010

UNGEI Global Advisory Committee Meeting (Paris, 31 January 2011)

GA IN SOUTH AFRICA

Purpose and Objectives of the Gender Audit in Education

To deepen the comprehensive situation analysis of education

To promote evidence-based information for advocacy To build capacity of UNGEI partners and government

counterpart offices To inform corrective actions in programming To inform donor appraisal processes, e.g. FTI

Previously, gender audits in education have been conducted in Burundi , Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Three broad categories

For assessing gender equality in education:

• Access and participation • Learner performance and achievement

• Quality in Education

Findings

Gender gap narrowing

Barriers persist

Persistent barriers could perpetuate qualitative gender inequalities and poor educational attainment

Policy Recommendations Address gender-based violence through educational programmes

Adopt a coherent multi-sectoral approach to education programming

New policy development processes should be participatory

Utilize gender-responsive budgeting at all levels of education

Programme Recommendations

Involve other departments beyond Basic Education in the programmatic response

Schools to become multiple learning environments that are rights-based, academically effective, community engaged, health promoting, safe and protective and gender sensitive

Develop shared discourses on gender equity and equality at different levels of the system

National Consultation on Gender Audit

National Consultative Seminar on Girls' Education, Gender Equity and Gender Equality, 25 - 26 August 2010 in Johannesburg

Consultation’s recommendations to UNGEI:• Update the gender audit in education tool• Consider some specific country contexts when

conducting the audit

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