Tag Archives: target 4.7

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 →

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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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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 →

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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 →

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10 students with a disability talk about the difficulties of accessing inclusive education in the USA

Posted on 3 December 2019 by GEM Report

“Being disabled, for many of us, means the end to any hopes of pursuing an education”, said Ashley Cowan D’Ambrosio, a Master of Arts student at the City University of New York with multiple disabilities, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Inclusion, Uncategorized | Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education, target 4.7 | 3 Comments

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

Educating for the social, the emotional and the sustainable

Posted on 6 November 2019 by GEM Report

By Andy Smart, Margaret Sinclair, Aaron Benavot, Jean Bernard, Colette Chabbott, S. Garnett Russell and James Williams Earlier this year, the UN Secretary-General reported that “the shift in development pathways to generate the transformation required to meet the Sustainable Development … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, sdgs, Sustainable development, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged afghanistan, curriculum, lebanon, SDG 4, target 4.7, teachers, teaching, textbooks | 2 Comments

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

Posted on 25 March 2019 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Equality, Gender, STEM, Uncategorized | Tagged Gender, gender. equality, maths, STEM, target 4.7 | 3 Comments

Tanzania has suspended family planning commercials in the country ‘with immediate effect’

Posted on 30 October 2018 by GEM Report

At the end of September, the government of the United Republic of Tanzania announced to international agencies that they should “stop with immediate effect airing and publishing any family planning contents in any media channels” running any family planning content … Continue reading →