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Category Archives: Equity
Inclusion in early education in Singapore: towards more equitable foundations
🔊 Listen to this blog Just last month the Singapore Government made a welcome announcement. From the second half of 2023, all pre-schools will have an inclusion coordinator.  This new role in schools will identify and provide support for children with developmental needs from … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Early childhood care and education, Equity, Inclusion
Tagged disability, equity, Inclusion, marginalisation, target 4.2, target 4.5
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Latin American and Caribbean countries must address structural discrimination to create educational opportunities for all
🔊 Listen to this blog Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by wide and persistent disparity by ethnicity. By most measures of well-being, including education, ethnic groups tend to fare worse than the rest of the population. The various … Continue reading
Posted in Equity, Human rights, Inclusion, right to education
Tagged 2020 LAC Report, Inclusion, target 4.5
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Time to roll out education’s recovery package
By Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO Humanity likes clear cut resolutions to crises and flees uncertainty. As the new year begins, the world has neither – the pandemic is resurging, vaccination campaigns are still in their infancy, and … Continue reading
Unlocking financing for equity in education
Read in Spanish SDG 4 includes neither a target nor a global indicator on the level of education financing. Yet, if countries are to achieve the goal of ‘inclusive and equitable’ education by 2030, they need to spend their budgets, … Continue reading
Posted in Equity, Finance, Innovative financing
Tagged equity, finance, financing, funding
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Education policies and practices continue to fail girls over early pregnancy
English / Español By Nicole Bella, Matthias Eck and Constanza Ginestra Early pregnancy has been identified as a critical driver of school dropout and exclusion, especially for girls. Twenty-five years ago, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark … Continue reading
Posted in access, Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion
Tagged 2020 gender report, Gender, pregnancy
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First generation graduate Bharati Date: A village girl in India now on course to become a government officer
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 First Generation Graduates, Gender, gender equality, Inclusion
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First generation graduate Tai Phalke: A village girl in India, who now works as an engineer
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 First Generation Graduates, Gender, gender equality, Inclusion, inclusive education
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First generation graduate Tsogo Bakamoso: from a South African township to a leader helping other children access education
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
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First Generation Graduates
These are the stories of girls who are the first in their family to graduate. They were collected by the GEM Report as part of a campaign, #Iamthe1stgirl, to accompany the launch of the 2020 Gender Report, aiming to demonstrate … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged First Generation Graduates, Gender, gender equality, Inclusion
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