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Category Archives: Gender
Preparing for the new normal in Pakistan amid COVID 19 – A case for accelerated learning
By Hamza Sarfraz, Policy Researcher and Zain ul Abidin, Programme Specialist at Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi Several months after it first hit globally, governments and experts across the world have now finally begun to register the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. Education … Continue reading
Posted in Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, girls, girls' education, Inclusion, Pakistan
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Knowledge is power: Handling the COVID-19 pandemic in schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
By Bushra Rahim, who is currently working for the Government of Pakistan. She is a Fulbright scholar, AusAid alumna, and a Charles Wallace Fellow. She serves as a President Association of Business, Professional & Agriculture Women; Executive Director Development Agent for Change … Continue reading
Vilma Saloj: Providing a successful model of empowerment in rural Guatemala
Vilma is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion
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Cristiane Cerdera: students need to be able to openly discuss sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in school
Cristiane is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion, Latin America, LGBT, LGBTI, sexual diversity
Tagged inclusion champions
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How traditional gender narratives can be used to advocate for girls’ and women’s education
By Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of the West of England “Education is very important for girls, women and for everyone. Education is the thing that will develop our country, and without education, the country will never go … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged equity, Gender, gender. equality, girls' education, South Sudan
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Schools closing is a risk to our village’s future
By Francis Silvester, director of a school in rural Kenya I run a private school called Tower of Light in a rural place commonly known as Yala Swamp 17km away from Siaya town in Kenya. It is a registered school … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Disaster preparedness, Gender, Out-of-school children, Rural areas, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, kenya, out of school
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Learning crisis and girls’ education in Afghanistan
By M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia A recent GEM Report blog based on WIDE data highlighted Afghanistan as one of “the bottom ten countries for girls’ education” in three dimensions: (i) mean … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, Conflict, data, emergencies, Equity, Gender, Out-of-school children, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged afghanistan, Arab States, data, equity, Gender, girls, girls' education
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What do you wish for the education of the next generation of girls?
2020 is a pivotal year as the global community will mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25). The Beijing Declaration is considered as the key global policy document on gender equality and the most … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, target 4.7
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The bottom ten countries for girls’ education
The World Inequality Database in Education, WIDE, managed by the GEM Report and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, highlights the powerful influence of gender, combined with other factors such as ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, parity, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, girls, girls' education, target 4.7
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Gender gap in primary school enrolment has halved over past 25 years
Sunday is International Women’s Day. The year 2020 is also the 25-year anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing in 1995), which culminated with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a key global policy document on gender … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, girls' education, target 4.7
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