Day
3
Day 3 will capture Youth engagement toward girls and women’s education. A variety of national and international youth associations, networks, and leaders will come together to identify challenges, recommendations, and innovative and youth-led solutions for the advancement of girls and women’s education in Africa. The plenary and side events will also seek to brainstorm on and showcase youth contributions to the implementation of the theme of the African Union Year of Education.
One key expected outcome of day 2 is to drive an increased youth commitment to the advancement of girls and women’s education on the continent.
ZOOMLINKS
Plenary: Youth engagement for women and girls’ education & Economic empowerment for Education Access
Organisers
AUC and Partners
Time
09h00
–
13h30
Zomm link and room
Venue: Nelson Mandela Hall
Side event: Empowering girls for the 21st century: Bridging the gender gap in skills development
Organisers
ESTI, AUC; UNICEF; UMUZI
Time
14h30
–
16h00
Zomm link and room
Venue: Nelson Mandela Hall
Side envent: Ensuring the right to education of pregnant girls and young mothers through local level advocacy, enabling national laws and policies and highquality gender data
Organisers
World VisionInt.
Time
14h30
–
16h00
Zomm link and room
Venue: Small Conference Room 1
Side event: Building the capacity of women and girls in Africa to enhance their participation in intra-Africa trade/Economic empowerment of girls through social and financial Education: A path to inclusive learning and sustainable development
Organisers
AFCTA; AFLATOUN
Time
14h30
–
16h00
Zomm link and room
Venue: Small Conference Room 2
Side envent: Prioritizing Girls and Women’s Education: A strategy for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and lifelong learning in Africa
Organisers
AfECN
Time
14h30
–
16h00
Zomm link and room
Venue: Small Conference Room 3
Side event: UNESCO Prize for Girls and Women’s Education: Lessons from African Laureates
Organisers
UNESCO
Time
16h30
–
18h00
Zomm link and room
Venue: Small Conference Room 1
Side envent: A Great Investment: The Impact of Women School Leaders on Schooling and Learning
Organisers
UNESCO
IICBA; (co sponsors – AU
CIEFFA, Permanent Mission of Japan to AU); UNICEF; UNESCO IIEP ; GCI; FAWE
Time
14h30
–
16h00
Zomm link and room
Venue: Nelson Mandela Hall
Side event: Report on the Status of Girls’ Education in Africa: Dialogue with AU CIEFFA Focal points
Organisers
AU CIEFFA; UNESCO IIEP; UNESCO IICBA
Time
16h30
–
18h00
Zomm link and room
Venue: Small Conference Room 2
Side envent: Addressing the Educational needs of refugee girls in Emergency settings and climate change
Organisers
BakhitaPE; Jesuit Refugee
Service; Plan International; GNB; ANCEFA; HI; UNGEI; Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education
Time
16h30
–
18h00
English 
French