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Having a disability shouldn’t affect your access to education
Everyone has the right to education but for some people accessing this education is far harder than it should be. Marking December 3, which is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are focusing on some of the barriers … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Human rights, Inclusion, legal rights, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, disability, equality, equity, Inclusion, inclusive education, inequality
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Who is responsible for ensuring gender equality in education?
Problems require solutions, which requires knowing who is responsible for fixing them, and having clear steps to address the issue. This is the meaning of accountability. A longstanding issue like gender inequality, therefore, is one for which accountability is clearly … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, equality, equity, Gender, gender. equality
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Peru has a new ‘rose-tinted’ curriculum
The UN congratulated Peru last week for its new education curriculum, in effect since the 1st January this year, which aims to improve gender equality. The change has been long needed, as is the case for many other countries in … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Gender, Latin America, parity, pedagogy, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, curriculum, equality, equity, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks
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The poorest young women have spent less than a year in school in the bottom ten countries
It’s International Women’s Day this week. As people in different cities rally for gender equality, not enough changes are being made to help the poorest girls pick themselves up from the bottom of the education ladder in many parts of the … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Out-of-school children, parity, Uncategorized
Tagged equality, female education, Gender, Pakistan, SDGs, somalia, Sudan, United Nations
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We must stamp out stereotypical teaching tools
Gender bias in textbooks is one of the best camouflaged and hardest to budge rocks in the road to gender equality in education. Through stereotypical and unbalanced depictions of men and women in stories and illustrations, textbooks undermine values and … Continue reading
Target 4.5 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on equity in education?
4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations While there is progress toward monitoring … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Language, Learning, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, equality, Gender, language, monitoring sdg 4 blog series
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Vivian Onano: We each have a role to play in achieving gender equality
By Vivian Onano, for International Day of the Girl Child My name is Vivian Onano, partnerships Manager at SEED Project, Global Youth Ambassador at WaterAid and Women Deliver Young Leader. I was honored and delighted to be a part of … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 gender review, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, equality, equity, Gender
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