Category Archives: STEM

Digital capacities and distance education in times of coronavirus. Insights from Latin America

Posted on 12 May 2020 by

By Nicolas Buchbinder, GEM Report Fellow Due to the coronavirus, schools have closed their doors in almost the entirety of Latin America. This is a situation with no precedent in the region. Countries have implemented different policies to continue the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 11 February 2020 by

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 →

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A woman has won the ‘Nobel prize for mathematics’ for the first time

Posted on 25 March 2019 by

  The 2019 Abel Prize, also known as the ‘Nobel prize for mathematics’ was won by Karen Uhlenbeck last Tuesday, the first woman to ever receive the award. The award makes her one of the pioneers for women mathematicians, alongside … Continue reading →

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Getting more girls into science, technology, engineering and mathematics degree courses

Posted on 17 April 2018 by

It may sound improbable but only 4% of countries have achieved gender parity in tertiary education. But, unlike primary education, there tend to be more females than males enrolling in higher education institutions with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, … Continue reading →

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A global framework to measure digital literacy

Posted on 19 March 2018 by

By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics From the cocoa farmer in Ghana using a mobile phone to market crops to the nurse in Sweden using telehealth … Continue reading →

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Stepping up the pace towards gender equality in education through stronger accountability

Posted on 8 March 2018 by

International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women everywhere. It also acts as a reminder that although much has been accomplished around the world, there is a long way to go … Continue reading →

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‘Cracking the code’ to end gender disparities in STEM

Posted on 1 September 2017 by

By Justine Sass, UNESCO Girls and women are significantly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions worldwide, a divide rooted in girls’ earliest days of socialization and schooling and one that a groundbreaking UNESCO report aims to address. … Continue reading →

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Hidden figures: showing the importance of women in science

Posted on 10 February 2017 by

Tomorrow is the second year of celebrating the new UN Day on Girls and Women in Science. This subject seems to be picking up steam. It has even hit the big time – featuring in a blockbuster Hollywood film, Hidden Figures, about … Continue reading →

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