Tag Archives: gender. equality
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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‘Cracking the code’ to end gender disparities in STEM
By Justine Sass, UNESCO Girls and women are significantly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions worldwide, a divide rooted in girls’ earliest days of socialization and schooling and one that a groundbreaking UNESCO report aims to address. … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, ICT, STEM, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender. equality, ICT, STEM, technology
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Recess is out for G7 — but promised education report is still missing
Barry Johnston, Associate Director of Advocacy, Malala Fund Last weekend, the G7 leaders met in Italy. While the burgeoning Trudeau-Macron bromance and Trump’s golf cart jaunt provided some light relief, a more disheartening story unfolded behind the scenes: G7 leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged financing, G20, G7, Gender, gender. equality, girls
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Join our youth photo competition
In September 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed on a new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals are the collective vision of the international community. They merge the … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged gender. equality, global citizenship, peace, sustainable development, Target 4.4, target 4.7
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Education – know your rights
Today is the international day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation (FGM). Globally, it is estimated that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM. If current trends continue, 15 million additional … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 gender review, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, education, female education, fgm, gender. equality
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Gender Equality in Post-Genocide Rwanda
This blog looks at the positive example Rwanda sets in promoting gender equality through its textbooks. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Equality, Gender, Learning, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged Between the Lines Blog Series, gender. equality, learning, rwanda, textbooks
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Working across silos to deliver for women
by the GEM Report, UNESCO “There is no doubt that education is the single most transformative power in an individual’s life.” Toyin Saraki, Founder and President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa Over the first two days of the 4th Women Deliver … Continue reading
