Working with the Media on Gender and Education: A Guide for Training and Planning

This guide is designed to help education and gender campaigners, as well as organisations and coalitions working on gender and education, implement more effective media advocacy strategies for gender-equitable education. It was developed following two "Gender, Education and the Media" workshops which were held in Nairobi, Kenya, in December 2005 and in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in March 2006.

The guide is divided into 7 sections. Each section explores a different aspect of working with the media on gender and education issues, starting with looking at education campaigning in general before focusing on gender issues in education, and the role of advocacy and the media. The guide offers practical advice for working with the media and suggestions for activities to help individuals or groups generate discussion and develop their understanding of issues related to gender and education. A set of worksheets that correspond to these activities accompanies the guide and can be photocopied and used alongside the guide.

The guide was developed by the Beyond Access: Gender Education and Development Project, in collaboration with the Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) in Kenya and the Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) and Steps Towards Development in Bangladesh.