Category Archives: Equality

Target 4.5 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on equity in education?

Posted on 18 October 2016 by GEM Report

4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations While there is progress toward monitoring … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Language, Learning, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, equality, Gender, language, monitoring sdg 4 blog series | 3 Comments

Vivian Onano: We each have a role to play in achieving gender equality

Posted on 11 October 2016 by GEM Report

By Vivian Onano, for International Day of the Girl Child My name is Vivian Onano, partnerships Manager at SEED Project, Global Youth Ambassador at WaterAid and Women Deliver Young Leader. I was honored and delighted to be a part of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 gender review, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, equality, equity, Gender | 2 Comments

The links between education, violence, and wellbeing

Posted on 6 October 2016 by GEM Report

Living a life free from violence is a basic human right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and is central to the Sustainable Development Goals. In the last of three blogs about the new GEM Report Gender Review, … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Health, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive health, Sexual violence, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged equality, Gender, Target 4.a, violence | 2 Comments

Education leading for gender equality

Posted on 4 October 2016 by GEM Report

In the second of three blogs marking the launch of the new 2016 GEM Report Gender Review, we look at the relationship between education, leadership, gender equality, and participation in public and private spheres. Until women and men have equal … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Health, Uncategorized | Tagged equality, equity, Gender, leadership; target 4.5 | 3 Comments

Working equality into employment

Posted on 3 October 2016 by GEM Report

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognises that gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical for achieving our goals. In this series of three blogs marking the launch of the new 2016 GEM Report Gender Review, we look at education … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 gender review, Employment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized | Tagged education, equality, equity, Gender, inequality, parity | 4 Comments

Afghan police better their lives – and others’ – with literacy

Posted on 26 September 2016 by GEM Report

Gul Rahman, a patrolman at Paktya Province prison security unit, Afghanistan, has greatly improved his ability to serve as a policeman as a result of his literacy class. He is married and the sole breadwinner for 12 family members. “Afghanistan … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, agricultural development, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Equality, legal aid, legal rights, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, peace, rural development, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Sustainable development, united nations | Tagged adult education, afghanistan, development, education, human rights, legal aid, target 4.6 | 4 Comments

Planning for Language Use in Education: Best Practices and Practical Steps for Improving Learning

Posted on 27 July 2016 by GEM Report

By Alison Pflepsen, a research education analyst at RTI International, Imagine a classroom in which a teacher is required to teach in a language her students do not speak or understand well. During the reading lesson, students struggle to master … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Equality, Language, Learning, sdg, sdgs, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged education, language, learning, SDGs, teaching | 4 Comments

When is state funding of private schools a violation of human rights?

Posted on 23 June 2016 by GEM Report

By Sylvain Aubry, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The announcement at the beginning of the year by the Ministry of Education of Liberia of its intention to outsource the management of all its pre-primary and primary schools … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Finance, Human rights, private schools, private sector, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged finance, private schools, target 4.1 | 1 Comment

How to include all in monitoring the global goal in education SDG4?

Posted on 16 June 2016 by GEM Report

By Aaron Benavot, Director of the GEM Report It’s tough to cover this issue in a blog. It’s something we cover extensively in the next GEM Report due out on September 6th. But it’s also something I presented on today … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Finance, Marginalization, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5 | 1 Comment

Reaching All Children with Education: Lebanon’s national education response strategy to the Syria crisis

Posted on 25 May 2016 by GEM Report

By Lebanon’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education In Lebanon, the five years since the beginning of the Syria Crisis have had a significant impact on its people and its institutions. With an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees now hosted … Continue reading →