Ms Barbara Scetteri:

To come back the Deputy's question, I agree with Triona that it depends on the context. I believe that the Government there understands, and especially so with the ministries of education in most of the countries where we work. They understand the importance of education and the education of the girls.

We piloted good practices that were included in the national curriculum, and now they are trickling down to every school in the country. The budget, however, is never enough. We are pushing to get at least an allocation of 20% of the national budget to education, and it is not happening anywhere. Without money the teachers cannot be paid properly and there cannot be a good school with all of the facilities needed for education. I believe that we are getting there. If we analyse the educational strategy plans across the board in the countries we work in, the majority of them are currently mainstreaming gender. Whether this is actually applied is a big challenge. They understand, but in practice there are still many challenges, especially on the budget side.