Category Archives: Gender

Supporting vulnerable adolescent girls to continue their education should be prioritised in recovery plans for COVID-19

Posted on 18 June 2021 by GEM Report

By Kath Ford, Young Lives Substantial progress has been made in educating girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries over the last few decades. The 2020 GEM Gender Report estimated that 180 million more girls have enrolled in … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion | Tagged #Target 4.5, coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, equality, Gender, girls, girls' education | Leave a comment

‘Don’t say gay’ is gaining traction yet again in the United States

Posted on 26 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report 2021 is set to “become the worst year for state legislative attacks against LGBTQ people in history,” said Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign in the United States. Our new … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion, Legislation, LGBT, LGBTI, sexuality education | Tagged Gender, LGBTI, sexuality education, target 4.7 | Leave a comment

LGBTI rights are human rights

Posted on 20 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Jennifer Moses, National Official (Equality and Training), NASUWT The NASUWT Teachers’ Union is fully committed to the belief that all students and teachers should be free to teach and learn in an inclusive environment that respects LGBTI* rights. We … Continue reading →

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“Nobody hears us” said a 17-year-old trans man about his experiences in school

Posted on 17 May 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog Today on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia we have released a new policy paper, Don’t look away, jointly with The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Intersex Youth and Student Organisation … Continue reading →

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What role can schools play to end violence and sexual harassment?

Posted on 7 May 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog By Manos Antoninis Effective sex education programmes can help combat sexual violence in school and in society. When will it be safe for a woman to walk herself home at night without the threat of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, school violence, Sexual violence, sexuality education, SRGBV, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged school violence, sexuality education, SRGBV, target 4.7 | Leave a comment

Female science and mathematics teachers: Better than they think?

Posted on 3 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Dirk Hastedt (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), Justine Sass (UNESCO) and Matthias Eck (UNESCO) 🔊 Listen to this blog More urgently than ever before, more girls and women are needed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, ICT, STEM, Teachers | Tagged #Target 4.5, girls' education, science, STEM, target 4.7, teaching | 1 Comment

In which countries do children attend single-sex schools?

Posted on 29 March 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog While enrolment rates disaggregated by sex might be easy to find, comparative cross-country data on how many children are in single-sex schools are scarce. As another International Women’s Day passes us by, it seems fitting … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion | Tagged Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, single-sex schools, target 4.5 | 2 Comments

Gender bias can be seen in the way families spend their money on education

Posted on 15 March 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog The black box of who controls and who decides how a family’s monetary and other resources will be spent has long intrigued social scientists. Gender bias in such decisions can negatively affect spending on health … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Gender | Tagged finance, financing, Gender, gender equality, household spending | 3 Comments

Countries are still falling short of developing textbooks free of gender stereotypes

Posted on 10 March 2021 by GEM Report

By Nicole Bella, GEM Report and Matthias Eck, UNESCO (Read in Spanish) Textbooks are powerful factors in the construction of gender identities. They transmit knowledge and present social and gender norms, shaping the world vision of children and young people. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Inclusion, textbooks | Tagged 2020 gender report, Gender, textbooks | 4 Comments

New gender gaps are developing as a result of school closures

Posted on 8 March 2021 by GEM Report

Read in Spanish It is an entire year since lives have been disrupted worldwide due to COVID-19. School closures continue to impact more than 990 million students. UNESCO estimated that by the end of January, on average, schools had been … Continue reading →