GENDER AT THE CENTRE INITIATIVE (GCI) GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION SNAPSHOT

The objective of the rapid assessment in Niger was to enable members of the Local Education Group (LEG) to better understand the gender equality situation in education, identify priority areas requiring more in-depth gender analysis, support the ongoing development of the new sector plan, and make relevant recommendations for gender equality in the context of the new GPE financing model deployment. [...] The process was initiated in February 2023, with UNGEI’s support, under the coordination of the Directorate of Studies and Programming (DEP) of the Ministry of National Education, in collaboration with the Local Education Group. [...] The process of developing the new education sector plan and the country’s eligibility for the new GPE financing model present an excellent opportunity to integrate the results of this rapid assessment, thus driving the implementation of the national strategy to accelerate girls’ and women’s education and training. [...] Concerning the proposed in the evaluation tool: disaggregated implementation of CEDAW, the principle of non- statistical data by gender, study reports on barriers discrimination has been enshrined in the Nigerien to girls’ education in Niger, and the development 5 and implementation of the National Strategy for Weaknesses: Accelerating Girls’ and Women’s Education and • The low number of female sc. [...] 4.5 Is the Education Sector Plan gender-responsive? GPE: girls’ If the country isn’t included in the GPE education assessment cited in the sources, assess the and gender gender-responsiveness of the ESP according in Education to the following 3 criteria: (1) availability Sector Plans of gender-disaggregated statistical data, (2) analysis of barriers to girls’ education, (3) implementation of speci.