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Tag Archives: girls
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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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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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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Internally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen
By YoumnaFathi Al-Aswadi, author of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education The protracted conflict in Yemen since March 2015 has resulted in significant human suffering. More than 3.65 million people have … Continue reading
Mapping girls’ right to an education
By Rolla Moumne, UNESCO Education Sector UNESCO’s Her Education Rights Atlas (HER Atlas) is designed to measure the degree of protection of girls’ and women’s education rights in national legal frameworks. Her Atlas was launched at the G7 France/UNESCO international … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, girls, girls' education
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Displacement can exacerbate gender inequality in education
The effects of migration and displacement are usually considered to be the same for men and women. However, this is often not the case. It is important to recognize how gender relations in both origin and host communities influence women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, migration, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, displaced populations, displacement, Gender, girls, migrants, migration
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One in ten girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their period
In countries around the world, menstrual hygiene and inadequate sanitation facilities are causing girls to miss classes. Across Africa, a 2016 study by Human Rights Watch estimated that one in ten African girls missed school during menstruation. Yet many countries … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Health, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2018 gender review blog series, dignity, Gender, gender. equality, girls, Health, target 4.7, Target 4.a
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The importance of community volunteers to increase students’ learning outcomes: the case of Educate Girls in India
By Radhika Iyengar, Gita Johar, Lucia del Pilar Haro and Sarah Montgomery The idea of community members providing basic health services to local households has been in existence for 50 years. The health community has been effectively using Community Health … Continue reading
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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Share your views on the forthcoming 2015 EFA Global Monitoring Report
The 2015 Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR) will review how much the EFA movement has contributed to ensuring that all children, young people and adults have benefited from the right to an education that meets their basic … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Finance, Gender, Governance, Innovative financing, Latin America, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, North America, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Rural areas, Secondary school, Skills, Teachers, technology, Youth
Tagged basic education, boys, developing countries, development, education, Education for All, Gender, girls, inequality, inequity, learning, literacy, MDG, post-2015, poverty, teaching
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