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- Technology-based vocational skills training for marginalized girls and young women in Indonesia
- G. Dunkley; C. Haddad (ed) / UNESCO Bangkok, 2008
- In most impoverished communities, there has long been a heavy reliance on self-help mechanisms and micro-enterprise development (especially among women) in the informal economy for household and community survival and local income-gen...
- An educators guide to Crimes of War
- J. Waldman / Human Rights Education Associates, 2007
- Despite the advanced state of development of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the world continues to witness heinous crimes of war. The development of these schools of legal thought has required a hig...
- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- Adult and lifelong learning promotion
- More than one in three Kenyan adults are illiterate: survey findings
- UNESCO Nairobi Office, 2007
- This report presents the findings of a 2006 baseline survey on the status of literacy in Kenya. The survey used self reporting together with direct assessments of literacy competency skills, and was designed to assist in the developme...
- Gender concerns in intellectual property rights
- H. Gibb / United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre in Colombo, 2007
- This paper examines the discussion on intellectual property rights (IP) for traditional knowledge (TK) in medicine from a gender perspective. It argues that a gender analysis of these issues adds to the understanding of how trade deci...
- Contracting private providers to deliver public education for the poor: a successful experiment from Colombia
- F. Barrera-Osorio / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
- Are private providers more effective in delivering public education to low-income students? This study examines the impact on student outcomes of the Concession School programme in Bogotá, Colombia, where the state involves pri...
- Data and trends in TVET worldwide, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
- UNESCO-UNEVOC: International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2006
- What statistical data currently exist on formal technical and vocational education (TVET) in the world? What are the potential benefits of statistically analysing these data? How can TVET data collection and analysis be improved? ...
- Adult education in South Africa: a case study of two providers
- J. Dickson / Department of Applied and International Economics, Massey University, 2004
- This article, from the New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, aims to outline the political and social context of adult education in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The author focuses on two different providers of adult ...
- Promoting gender in adult basic education
- Oxfam, 2005
- This paper argues that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) do not directly address the issue of adult basic education and literacy, in spite of these being essential for achieving the Millennium targets. It explores the potential ...
- Guidelines for policy-making in literacy programmes
- D. Archer / Global Campaign for Education, 2005
- This paper argues that governments are not investing in programmes sufficiently to achieve the UN goal of reducing illiteracy by 50% by 2015. The study attempts to systematise experiences of what works in adult literacy by analysing 6...
- Technology-based vocational skills training for marginalized girls and young women in Indonesia
- G. Dunkley; C. Haddad (ed) / UNESCO Bangkok, 2008
- In most impoverished communities, there has long been a heavy reliance on self-help mechanisms and micro-enterprise development (especially among women) in the informal economy for household and community survival and local income-gen...
- An educators guide to Crimes of War
- J. Waldman / Human Rights Education Associates, 2007
- Despite the advanced state of development of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the world continues to witness heinous crimes of war. The development of these schools of legal thought has required a hig...
- More than one in three Kenyan adults are illiterate: survey findings
- UNESCO Nairobi Office, 2007
- This report presents the findings of a 2006 baseline survey on the status of literacy in Kenya. The survey used self reporting together with direct assessments of literacy competency skills, and was designed to assist in the developme...
- Gender concerns in intellectual property rights
- H. Gibb / United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre in Colombo, 2007
- This paper examines the discussion on intellectual property rights (IP) for traditional knowledge (TK) in medicine from a gender perspective. It argues that a gender analysis of these issues adds to the understanding of how trade deci...
- Contracting private providers to deliver public education for the poor: a successful experiment from Colombia
- F. Barrera-Osorio / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
- Are private providers more effective in delivering public education to low-income students? This study examines the impact on student outcomes of the Concession School programme in Bogotá, Colombia, where the state involves pri...
- Data and trends in TVET worldwide, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
- UNESCO-UNEVOC: International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2006
- What statistical data currently exist on formal technical and vocational education (TVET) in the world? What are the potential benefits of statistically analysing these data? How can TVET data collection and analysis be improved? ...
- Adult education in South Africa: a case study of two providers
- J. Dickson / Department of Applied and International Economics, Massey University, 2004
- This article, from the New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, aims to outline the political and social context of adult education in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The author focuses on two different providers of adult ...
- Promoting gender in adult basic education
- Oxfam, 2005
- This paper argues that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) do not directly address the issue of adult basic education and literacy, in spite of these being essential for achieving the Millennium targets. It explores the potential ...
- Guidelines for policy-making in literacy programmes
- D. Archer / Global Campaign for Education, 2005
- This paper argues that governments are not investing in programmes sufficiently to achieve the UN goal of reducing illiteracy by 50% by 2015. The study attempts to systematise experiences of what works in adult literacy by analysing 6...
- A guide to vocational education and training in South Africa
- I. Moll; C. Steinberg; I. Broekmann / South African Institute for Distance Education, 2005
- This guide is about enabling craftspeople (those qualified in particular vocations as say plumbers, electricians, etc.) to develop the skills and knowledge required to successfully fill the roles that are necessary for a vocational ed...
- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- Adult and lifelong learning promotion
