Tag Archives: Gender
Teachers are central to any effective response to school-related gender-based violence (part 1)
School-related violence can be physical, psychological or sexual; occur on school grounds, in transit or in cyberspace; and include bullying, corporal punishment, verbal and emotional abuse, intimidation, sexual harassment and assault, gang activity and the presence of weapons among students. … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Human rights, school violence, Sexual violence, SRGBV, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, school violence, SRGBV, Target 4.a, violence
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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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‘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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Gender stereotypes in Bangladeshi school textbooks
By M Niaz Asadullah, Samia Huq, Kazi Mukitul Islam and Zaki Wahhaj* Education is widely considered an effective means to address the socioeconomic challenges that women face around the world and a key Sustainable Development target. Yet girls systematically lag … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Gender, pedagogy, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, curriculum, equity, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks
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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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