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Tag Archives: gender equality
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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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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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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