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Learning InEquality: An equality law approach to Education for All

Posted on 26 March 2018 by GEM Report

Camilla Alonzo, Legal and Programmes Officer, Equal Rights Trust, an independent international organisation whose objective is to combat discrimination and advance equality as a fundamental human rights and a basic principle of social justice The statistics regarding the number of … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Inclusion, right to education, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged access, equality, Inclusion, inequality | 2 Comments

A global framework to measure digital literacy

Posted on 19 March 2018 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics From the cocoa farmer in Ghana using a mobile phone to market crops to the nurse in Sweden using telehealth … Continue reading →

Posted in digital literacy, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, STEM, Uncategorized | Tagged digital literacy skills, digital skills, edtech, monitoring, Target 4.4, technology | 6 Comments

Gender stereotypes in Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Malaysian and Pakistani textbooks

Posted on 16 March 2018 by GEM Report

By M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and Kazi Mukitul Islam, German Embassy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Female education is widely believed to benefit society through both economic and non-economic channels. Yet, for decades, girls … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, parity, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged 2018 gender review blog series, accountability, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks | 6 Comments

Highlights from the 2018 Gender Review launch in New York

Posted on 9 March 2018 by GEM Report

“Young women aren’t the changemakers of the future, they are the here and now” said GenUN Fellow, Rabita Tareque to a room of civil society representatives, teachers, policy makers, academics and donors at Thursday’s global launch of the Global Education … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, equality, equity, Gender, parity, target 4.5 | 1 Comment

Stepping up the pace towards gender equality in education through stronger accountability

Posted on 8 March 2018 by GEM Report

International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women everywhere. It also acts as a reminder that although much has been accomplished around the world, there is a long way to go … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, STEM, Uncategorized | Tagged Gender, gender. equality, target 4.5 | 1 Comment

Campaigning for everybody to claim their right to education

Posted on 6 March 2018 by GEM Report

By Victoria Ibiwoye, Youth Representative of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee Last week I delivered a petition signed by over 1000 right-to-education campaigners from over 110 countries at the fourth meeting of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee at UNESCO headquarters … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee | 3 Comments

Fulfilling a collective responsibility to provide global public goods in education

Posted on 28 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis and Priya Joshi, Global Education Monitoring Report Global public goods are the institutions, mechanisms, and outcomes that transcend borders and provide benefits to all. Controlling infectious diseases, tackling climate change, enhancing international financial stability, strengthening international trade, … Continue reading →

Posted in monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged data, monitoring, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, sustainable development, sustainable development goals | 6 Comments

SDG4-Education 2030 Steering Committee: Time for a concerted push to help countries produce the best possible data

Posted on 26 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Dankert Vedeler, Co-Chair of the SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee and Assistant Director General of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research With so many threads coming together… … Continue reading →

Posted in monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged education-2030, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, SDGs | 1 Comment

Books are essential to solving the global learning crisis

Posted on 23 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy and Advocacy, Save the Children and Chair of the Global Book Alliance A new coalition of governments, international agencies, NGOs and the private sector has launched this week with the aim of closing … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Literacy, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged books, language, mother-tongue, target 4.6, Target 4.a, textbooks | 5 Comments

Youth leaders assemble at the UN for the SDGs

Posted on 22 February 2018 by GEM Report

The ingenuity, resolve and enthusiasm of young leaders is vital for sustainable development. Over 1000 youth leaders from over 100 countries gathered at the 2018 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations on February 12-14. The theme, Innovation and Collaboration … Continue reading →