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Education in Emergencies: The Gender Implications - INEE

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AuthorJackie Kirk is a technical specialist on gender and education,focused on emergency, conflict and post-conflict contexts. Sheworks as an advisor to the International Rescue Committee (IRC)on education and child protection, and is a Research Associateat the McGill Centre for Teach<strong>in</strong>g and Research on Women,Montreal, Canada. Prior to this, she studied under a post-doctoralresearch fellowship at the UNESCO Centre, University of Ulsteron gender, education and conflict and has written extensively onthese topics. She has extensive field work experience from SouthSudan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gu<strong>in</strong>ea and Sierra Leone and iscurrently lead<strong>in</strong>g an IRC action research project (a part of theHeal<strong>in</strong>g Classrooms Initiative) on teachers, classroom assistantsand sexual exploitation/abuse of girls and women <strong>in</strong> schools. Sheis also very <strong>in</strong>volved with the Inter-Agency Network on <strong>Education</strong><strong>in</strong> <strong>Emergencies</strong> as a resource person, tra<strong>in</strong>er and convener of the<strong>Gender</strong> Task Team.Also available are the follow<strong>in</strong>g advocacy/policy briefs:• Gett<strong>in</strong>g Girls Out of Work and Into School• Impact of Women Teachers on Girls’ <strong>Education</strong>• Mother Tongue-based Teach<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>Education</strong> for Girls• Provid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Education</strong> to Girls from Remote and Rural Areas• Impact of Incentives to Increase Girls’ Access to andRetention <strong>in</strong> Basic <strong>Education</strong>• Role of Men and Boys <strong>in</strong> Promot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Gender</strong> Equality• A Scorecard on <strong>Gender</strong> Equality and Girls’ <strong>Education</strong> <strong>in</strong> Asia,1990-2000For more <strong>in</strong>formation, please visit UNESCO Bangkok’s <strong>Gender</strong><strong>in</strong> <strong>Education</strong> website at www.unescobkk.org/gender or writeto gender@unescobkk.org

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