
Sharon Tao
@sharonleslietao
Education Director/Team Leader of the Girls' Education Challenge Fund Manager @FCDOGEC. All opinions, posts and interests are my own.
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16-10-2013 18:40:38
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Congratulations to Girls' Education Challenge partner Street Child of Nepal, for there work in #Nepal #LeaveNoGirlBehind UK in Nepal š¬š§š³šµ Library of Congress Announces Winners of 2022 Literacy Awards on International Literacy Day newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-oā¦


#HappeningNow -Solutions roundtable exploring what is being implemented in different settings by various actors to advance gender transformative education and inclusive, equitable, safe and healthy schools for marginalized girls. UN Girls' Education Initiative UNESCO šļø #Education #Sciences #Culture šŗš³ UNICEF Education Malala Fund


So proud to support the Global Feminist Coalition for Gender Transformative Education. Well done UN Girls' Education Initiative and @antaraganguli for a brilliant event - you truly are trailblazing rebels within the UN! Respect! #TransformingEducation


Today is Int'l Day of the Girl - a day to celebrate achievements, reflect on inequalities that still persist, and remember that meaningful progress in girls' education requires better communication, collaboration & commitment. Our GEC film says it all...#RightsFreedomPotential FCDO Girlsā Education

Well done to the GEC Learning Team for summarising all of our learning on Girls' Education over the last quarter! Girls' Education Challenge #RightsFreedomPotential FCDO Girlsā Education



What a wonderful way to celebrate Int'l Day of Education. Thank you to our brilliant panel for their reflections on the GEC Learning Brief Series: bit.ly/3BfNiG2 See below for a recording! Thanks to: Judith Herbertson Pauline Rose Global Partnership for Education CARE International UK FCDO Girlsā Education

Making the case for why foundational learning efforts must not overlook the most marginalised. It is possible, pragmatic and a priority. Thank you to my co-authors, Rona Bronwin and Kate Jefferies at FCDO Girlsā Education and for Global Partnership for Education for highlighting this important issue.


Looking forward to UKFIET next week! We will be hosting an event on Wed 13 Sept, 5-7pm in the North School. Judith Herbertson from FCDO Girlsā Education will be opening and weāll be sharing learning from across the GEC portfolio. Please come for some networking, drinks and learning!



Last night we heard about the critical role women's rights organisations have played across the Girls' Education Challenge WROs have been gamechangers in creating enabling environments for girls' education. Find out how and read more š girlseducationchallenge.org/media/mkvdvplo⦠#RightsFreedomPotential


Women's rights organisations are driving change in girls' education. Yesterday, Hope Dunira & Violet Muthiga discussed the work of their organisations in Zimbabwe & Kenya. These are featured - with others - in our latest think piece. Read more here: bit.ly/3rQDd0r


We've just launched an update on the G7 Global Objective targets of 40m more girls in school and 20m more girls reading. The picture is not good. Thank you to FCDO Girlsā Education Pauline Rose @antaraganguli and Manos Antoninis for your valuable inputs. ungei.org/publication/seā¦


This past week, we celebrated Girls' Education Challenge, one of the largest girlsā education investments (Ā£855m), with the largest timeframe (12 years) and scope (41 projects, 17 countries). Thank you Andrew Mitchell for being one of the original architects of the GEC and for celebrating with us.

During our Girls' Education Challenge event, our panel was asked: What are you most proud of about the GEC? We discussed the impacts on girls, their families, communities and societies as a whole. Thank you Helen Grant OBE MP, Matt Reed and Angeline Murimirwa CAMFED - Campaign for Female Education for your inspiring insights.

"How a society treats its most vulnerable is always the measure of its humanity." Thank you FCDO Girlsā Education for having the humanity and bravery to have a single-minded focus on the worldās most marginalised girls #12YearsoftheGEC
