This brief includes the following headings: getting wise to gender: it is about men and women after all; Old and new gender gaps; The story at district level in 29 districts under Basic Education capacity Trust Fund (BEC-TF); findings from quality of education in Madrasah study; narrowing the gender gap in student performance: ; Australia supports new schools with a gender perspective; new gender mainstreaming training module; and gender equality by 2015 in Sleman: good practice profile.