Efanet to Celebrate Global Week of Action

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

Daily Observer

13 May 2011

The Education for All Campaign Network (EFANet) in The Gambia and its members will be celebrating the Global Action Week in Education 2011, on the theme: “It’s a Right! Make it Right! Education for Women & Girls Now,” a press release from the EFANet revealed.

According to the release, the celebration will take place on May 18th, 2011 at the National Assembly Building in Banjul.

Below is the full text of the release.

Each year. Since 2000, millions of people across the world take part in activities during the ‘Global Action Week’ (GAC) organized by education coalitions in more than 100 countries. This activity is to call on world leaders renew and fulfill their commitment on Education for all (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With just 4 years left and world struggling with economic, climate and food crises, Global Action Week (GAW) 2011 is more crucial than even before to ensure that the world in pursuit of addressing the crises do not turn their backs to provide Education for All by 2015.

Here in The Gambia, Education for All Campaign Network (EFANet) and its members will be holding the Highlight Event of the GAC on the theme “it’s a Right! Make it Right! Education for Women & Girls Now!”. This is so because there are 1 in 4 women in the world who are unable to read or write. In Gambia, we have a similar or even a higher number. EFANet therefore demanding that female education is prioritized and acted upon. It is also demanding that gains made in Girls Education under the leadership of the Ministry of Education be consolidated.

This year ‘The Big Story Reading’ in The Gambia will revolve around ‘story-telling’, encouraging people to share stories on women and girls’ education and how either you or someone you know has been affected by education, or perhaps why you agree education is an important right for Women & Girls in particular. To men and boys: share your stories relating to women or girls’ experience and why all women and girls must have the right to quality education. Ideas: You could write how you have benefited from having an education, what you enjoy about education, why education is important, or perhaps how you or someone you know didn’t have an education and how that affected him or her.

EFANet will record testimonies and stories from literacy participants to be presented to the Member National Assembly, Government and Civil Society as part of the programmes marking 201 GAW.

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