NEW! CGCE Global Action Week

NEW! Check out the CGCE Big Story video of Kagiso Lesego Molope sharing her story of growing up in South Africa and the importance of education for women and girls.

NEW! Find CGCE's Secondary Curriculum on Gender and the Right to Education:

Download "Gender and the Right to Education" Lesson

Download "Is This Fair?" Fact Sheet

Download "Gender Roleplay Cards"

NEW! Click here to read CGCE's Gender Policy Brief

Global Action Week

Global Action Week is an annual, international campaign to raise awareness and call upon governments around the world to keep their promises and provide Education for All.  Each spring, CGCE and other members of the Global Campaign for Education around the world are joined by millions of students, teachers and other activists to take part in a simple, but powerful public action.

Global Action Week 2011: Women and Girls’ Education

This year’s theme for Global Action Week, May 2 - 8, addresses the problems that girls and women face in achieving quality education, the numerous benefits to the wider community when women are educated and the various mechanisms and solutions that can be used to help empower women and girl learners across the globe. The “Big Story” action will revolve around story-telling and encouraging people to share stories on women and girls' education. You may wish to share how either you yourself or someone you know has been affected by education, or perhaps why you agree education is an important right. Teachers and community groups will find resources below to help with their “Big Story” events including lesson plans, videos, and stories.

Participation

Sign up on the CGCE website www.cgce.ca to receive Global Action Week updates.

CGCE members, teachers, individuals and community groups can sign up on the Global Campaign for Education website www.globalactionweek.org to share their plans for Global Action Week with others.

Sign up on our Facebook page “Canadian Global Campaign for Education: Global Action Week” at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6232974961 .

Resources

Check out this Schools Pack including the GCE Big Story lesson, GCE Gender Policy Brief, sample letter to politicians and decision makers, and links to primary and secondary curriculum to supplement your Big Story.

Plan your Big Story event! Use the resources below to for ideas about what else your classroom, school or group can do for the Big Story. 

Download more learning resources, activities and toolkits on ActionAid’s website http://www.sendmyfriend.org/take-action/pack-download and check out these videos!

http://www.sendmyfriend.org/teach/spotlight-on-africa “Class of 2015” tells the story of Kaltume, Hadiza and Rukaya who live in central Nigeria. Hear their stories and watch the progress of class two of Kabiji Primary School - due to finish their primary education in 2015.

 http://www.sendmyfriend.org/teach/spotlight-on-africa/journey-back-to-tanzania “Journey Back to Tanzania” follows the stories of Maua, Baby, Sophia and Namayani, who live in northern Tanzania. Meet the girls, their teachers and their families and find out about their daily lives and struggles to get an education.

Read more about the plight of female learners from the perspective of a grade 10 student in South Africa.

Share photos of your event to our Flickr site, post comments and ideas on our Facebook page and send any press clippings or samples of student work that we could use in our ongoing communications with government to info@cgce.ca or by post to Canadian Global Campaign for Education, 321 Chapel St., Ottawa ON K1N 7Z2

Fill out this Video & Release form as required and send via email or post to CGCE along with your photos and video of participation in GAW.