Category Archives: Gender

Want your Digital Health Education Program to Work? Hire a Youth Designer

Posted on 20 February 2020 by GEM Report

By Mireille Sekamana, a junior designer from Kigali, Rwanda. She works with YLabs to design digital platforms that provide health education to empower young people in Rwanda. Mireille is taking part in the Switched On Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, 19-21 … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Reproductive health, sexuality education, Uncategorized | Tagged comprehensive sexuality education, Gender, gender. equality, rwanda, sexuality education, target 4.7 | Leave a comment

If we do not provide young people with quality sexuality education, the digital world will

Posted on 19 February 2020 by GEM Report

By: Joanna Herat, senior programme specialist for health and education at UNESCO, with expertise in comprehensive sexuality education, HIV, and school-related gender-based violence. Joanna is leading the team organizing the Switched On Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, 19-21 February 2020, around … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, sexuality education, Uncategorized | Tagged comprehensive sexuality education, Gender, gender. equality, sexuality education, target 4.7 | 3 Comments

How are donors helping to end the gender imbalance in science?

Posted on 11 February 2020 by GEM Report

Many countries, usually poorer ones, are still far even from the target of parity in primary and secondary education enrolment, let alone the more aspirational target of non-discrimination in all aspects of the education system. Girls’ education therefore remains a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, STEM, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender. equality, ICT, STEM, Target 4.4, technology | 3 Comments

Internally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen

Posted on 6 January 2020 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Arab States, Basic education, child marriage, Conflict, Equality, Equity, fragile states, Gender, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged arab states 2019, child marriage, conflict, girls, houthi, yemen | Leave a comment

Pregnant girls must be supported in attending school

Posted on 2 December 2019 by GEM Report

In October, Sierra Leone’s government issued a clarification to its 2015 policy that barred pregnant girls from attending school. Sadly, the clarification only reaffirms the government’s position. Based on erroneous perceptions that ‘pregnant girls have the potential to negatively influence … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, sexuality education, Uncategorized | Tagged comprehensive sexuality education, Gender, gender. equality, sexuality education, target 4.7 | 2 Comments

Mapping girls’ right to an education

Posted on 11 October 2019 by GEM Report

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 | 1 Comment

Takeaways from the Cali International Forum on Inclusion and Equity in Education

Posted on 20 September 2019 by GEM Report

Last week (11-13 September), the International Forum on Inclusion and Equity in Education was held in Cali, Colombia, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Salamanca Declaration with a packed agenda. This blog summarizes some of the energy and outcomes … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion, LGBT, LGBTI, migrant, Uncategorized | Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, LGBT, migrants | Leave a comment

Making evaluations work for education equality and inclusion

Posted on 19 September 2019 by GEM Report

By Karen Mundy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education International organizations typically have well-developed evaluation units, generating large volumes of evidence about their policies, programs and practices. Yet, while synthesis of evidence on international education development has evolved considerably in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Inclusion, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, data, equality, Inclusion, monitoring, SDG 4 | 2 Comments

New photo competition on inclusion and education

Posted on 10 September 2019 by GEM Report

The 2020 GEM Report due out in April 2020 will cover inclusion in education, addressing all those at risk of exclusion from education because of gender, sexual orientation, displacement, migration, ethnicity, language, remoteness, poverty, disability or other characteristics. Pictures speak … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Gender, Inclusion, Language, migrant, migration, Poverty, Uncategorized | Tagged #SDG 4.5, #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disability, displacement, Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, language, migration, poverty | 1 Comment

Tell us what you think about inclusion in education

Posted on 4 September 2019 by GEM Report

September is an important month for inclusion and education – the theme of the 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report due for release next April. Later this month, the International Forum on Inclusion and Equity in Education is being held in … Continue reading →