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Tag Archives: Gender
Supporting vulnerable adolescent girls to continue their education should be prioritised in recovery plans for COVID-19
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
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‘Don’t say gay’ is gaining traction yet again in the United States
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
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LGBTI rights are human rights
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
Posted in Gender, Inclusion, LGBT, LGBTI
Tagged Gender, Inclusion, LGBT, LGBTI, target 4.7
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“Nobody hears us” said a 17-year-old trans man about his experiences in school
🔊 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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Tagged Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, LGBT, LGBTI
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In which countries do children attend single-sex schools?
🔊 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
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Gender bias can be seen in the way families spend their money on education
🔊 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
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Countries are still falling short of developing textbooks free of gender stereotypes
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
New gender gaps are developing as a result of school closures
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
Posted in Gender, Inclusion
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 gender report, Gender, gender equality
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Son preference and girls’ education in India and Bangladesh
By M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, Nazia Mansoor, lecturer, University of Paris, Dauphine (London), Teresa Randazzo, lecturer University of Venice Cà Foscari and Zaki Wahhaj, Reader in Economics, University of Kent, UK. … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Inclusion, right to education
Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender equality, Inclusion, right to education
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Gender-responsive career counselling can help women’s progress in science
Read in Spanish Year-on-year the issue of women in science comes back to the surface as we celebrate the International Day of Women in Science. Yet, year-on-year there is not enough progress. The 2020 Gender Report showed that women are … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Inclusion, STEM
Tagged Gender, gender equality, science, STEM, target 4.5, target 4.7
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