Tag Archives: girls

There has been a huge leap forward in girls’ education over the past 25 years

Posted on 9 October 2020 by GEM Report

English / Español Our 2020 Gender Report, released today, shows that 180 million more girls have enrolled in primary and secondary education since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark commitment to advance the rights of girls and … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized | Tagged #SDG 4.5, 2020 gender report, Gender, girls, girls' education, Inclusion | 3 Comments

Preparing for the new normal in Pakistan amid COVID 19 – A case for accelerated learning

Posted on 21 August 2020 by GEM Report

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 | 3 Comments

Learning crisis and girls’ education in Afghanistan

Posted on 9 April 2020 by GEM Report

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 | 1 Comment

The bottom ten countries for girls’ education

Posted on 9 March 2020 by GEM Report

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 | 2 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

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

Displacement can exacerbate gender inequality in education

Posted on 8 March 2019 by GEM Report

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 | 1 Comment

One in ten girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their period

Posted on 24 April 2018 by GEM Report

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 | 4 Comments

The importance of community volunteers to increase students’ learning outcomes: the case of Educate Girls in India

Posted on 16 January 2018 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Gender, Uncategorized | Tagged Gender, girls, target 4.1 | 5 Comments

Recess is out for G7 — but promised education report is still missing

Posted on 2 June 2017 by GEM Report

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 →