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Tag Archives: equity
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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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 Peruvian education system: seeking quality and equity during COVID-19 times
By Milagros Lechleiter and Rosa Vidarte, GEM Report Peru was the first country in Latin American to decree the mandatory social distancing of its population on March 16, only 10 days after detecting its first case of COVID-19. The quarantine … Continue reading
Drawing links between economic status and education outcomes from ASER 2019
By M. Afzan Munir Economic well-being affects a child’s education achievement in multiple ways. Studies have shown that a family’s socioeconomic status positively contributes not only towards a child’s educational attainment, but towards their academic performance as well. ASER Pakistan … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Finance, Inclusion, Non-state actors, Uncategorized
Tagged equal education, equality, equity, Finance, Inclusion, Non-state actors, Pakistan
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Three ways to plan for equity during the coronavirus school closures
By Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education and Suzanne Grant Lewis, UNESCO-IIEP Director From school closures and home confinement to travel bans, countries and municipalities are ramping up efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. For … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Equity, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, equity, learning, out of school, UNESCO
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Education Progress – the GEM Report’s new online interactive tool exploring progress made towards SDG 4
To mark International Education Day, the Global Education Monitoring Report has launched a new online interactive tool, Education Progress. Available in seven major languages, the site brings together data from various producers, notably the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, to explore … Continue reading
Posted in access, data, Equality, Equity, Finance, Learning, monitoring, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged access, equity, Finance, learning, monitoring, quality, SDG 4
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The Wrong Way to Educate Girls
By Manos Antoninis Getting girls into classrooms remains hugely important in some of the world’s poorest countries, and it can be achieved with targeted measures, say, to make their daily commute safer. But balanced school enrollment numbers are only the … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged #SDG 4.5, equity, Gender, gender. equality, SDG 4
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Highlights from the 2018 Gender Review launch in New York
“Young women aren’t the changemakers of the future, they are the here and now” said GenUN Fellow, Rabita Tareque to a room of civil society representatives, teachers, policy makers, academics and donors at Thursday’s global launch of the Global Education … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, equality, equity, Gender, parity, target 4.7
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Having a disability shouldn’t affect your access to education
Everyone has the right to education but for some people accessing this education is far harder than it should be. Marking December 3, which is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are focusing on some of the barriers … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Human rights, Inclusion, legal rights, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disability, equality, equity, Inclusion, inclusive education, inequality
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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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