Tag Archives: gender parity

First generation graduate Tsogo Bakamoso: from a South African township to a leader helping other children access education

Posted on 15 October 2020 by GEM Report

This story is part of a campaign run by the GEM Report, #Iamthe1stgirl, to accompany the launch of the 2020 GEM Gender Report. The campaign tells the stories of many girls who were the first in their family to graduate, … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion | Tagged 2020 gender report, First Generation Graduates, Gender, gender equality, gender parity | 1 Comment

What do you wish for the education of the next generation of girls?

Posted on 10 March 2020 by GEM Report

2020 is a pivotal year as the global community will mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25). The Beijing Declaration is considered as the key global policy document on gender equality and the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Uncategorized | Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, target 4.7 | 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

Gender gap in primary school enrolment has halved over past 25 years

Posted on 6 March 2020 by GEM Report

Sunday is International Women’s Day. The year 2020 is also the 25-year anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing in 1995), which culminated with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a key global policy document on gender … Continue reading →

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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

Over half of G7 aid to education goes to achieving gender equality

Posted on 5 July 2019 by GEM Report

Feeding into the theme on inequality of this year’s G7 Presidency, we have carried out a breakdown of G7 donors’ aid to education to show that 55% goes to achieving gender equality. France, which holds the G7 presidency, allocates the … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized | Tagged cash transfers, donor aid, G7, g7 france, gender parity, gender-responsive planning, gender. equality | Leave a comment

Five steps to stamp out gender inequality in education

Posted on 5 July 2019 by GEM Report

The new Gender GEM Report released today at the G7 France – UNESCO International Conference shows that equal numbers of boys and girls are still not enrolled in a third of countries in primary, half in lower secondary, and three … Continue reading →