A Scorecard on gender equality and girls’ education in Asia 1990-2000: advocacy brief (UNESCO 2005)This brief reports on results derived from applying to Asian countries a methodology for measuring gender equality in schooling and education used by the Beyond Access project. The idea for developing a scorecard that weighs enrolment, participation and survival into adulthood originated from concern over the need to find a publicly accountable measure that could distil some general components of human flourishing linked to education and schooling.25 p.