Our Next Meeting Understanding the Lifelong Influence of Men's Childhood Experiences of ViolenceDate: 27 April 2012 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM NOTE: This is being resent due to a formatting issue in the original email, which has now been corrected. Gary Baker and Ravi Karkara will present on the topic of children, youth, and the role of masculinity. Karkara will introduce the event by exploring the 'Lifecycle Approach' to engaging children and youth. The presentation will cover the manner in which engaging young people as positive agents of change can promote a lifetime of sustained societal involvement. Baker will complement Karkara's presentation with his latest report, 'The Lifelong Influence of Men's Childhood Experiences of Violence,' that explores the influence of masculinity on post-conflict settings. The report highlights the implications of including men's participation within processes focused on women's empowerment. Often, programming mypically focused on women runs the risk of systematically disempowering men. Baker will shed light on how to avoid male disempowerment and how incorporating a gender neutral approach can reinforce and sustain women's empowerment initiatives.Together, the speakers will explore the interplay between children, youth, masculinity, and conflict to further inform best practice programming for children and youth in post-conflict settings. Speaker: Gary Baker 
Marc Gary Baker, PhD, is International Director and founder of Instituto Promundo, a Brazilian NGO in Rio de Janeiro with offices in Washington, DC, that works nationally and globally to engage men and boys in gender equality and violence prevention, including in post-conflict settings. He is co-chair and co-founder of MenEngage, a global alliance of more than 400 NGOs and UN agencies working to engage men and boys in gender equality and a member of the UN Secretary General's Men's Leaders Network, part of the UNite to End Violence Against Women Campaign. Speaker: Ravi Karkara 
Ravi Karkara is a trained Social Worker with commitment to advancing human rights, Gender Equality and Social Justice with right holders. He worked on women’s empowerment and leadership in local governance in South Asia and ever since he has been advocating for role and responsibility of boys and men in gender equality. He has worked with several organizations on gender equality with a specific focus on boys and men in gender equality such as include UNICEF, UN-WOMEN, UNDP and Save the Children. He is an advisory group member of Plan International’s on their Flagship Publication “Because I am a Girl” on Boys for Gender Equality. As a former Regional Programme Manager of Save the Children Sweden for South and Central Asia, he was instrumental in establishing the South Asia MenEngage Alliance Network. Search for Common Ground 1601 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington D.C. 22201 Dupont Metro Map & Directions
PublicationsImpact Evaluation of Private Sector Participation in Education
Innovative approaches are being developed to improve the quality of education. One such approach involves non-state organizations in the setting-up and operation of state-funded schools. Typically such schools have more decision-making power than conventional public schools. Such autonomous schools are expected to have a positive impact on academic preformance and the numbers of pupils staying on in education. But since programmes are likely to be controversial and receive more scrutiny than other educaiton programmes, it is therefore imperative that they be subject to rigorous impact evaluation. This paper gives a high-level overview of how impact evaluation can be used in the particular context of government-funded, privately-provided schools. It also illustrates how more general impact evaluation can support evidence-based policy making. To view the full report, click here.
ResourcesResources: Education and Conflict
A List of resources related to Education and Conflict have been made available on IBE UNESCO's webpage. To view the complete list, click here. |