Tag Archives: gender. equality

Good news: Gender equality due to make its way into the global education indicators

Posted on 2 March 2016 by GEM Report

This blog celebrates the expectation that there will be a new indicator proposed to monitor target 4.7 on sustainable development and global citizenship from the one currently listed in the reports by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group. Moreover, it is expected that … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, gender. equality | 3 Comments

Gender equality – it can’t yet be counted but it most certainly counts

Posted on 15 October 2015 by GEM Report

By Aaron Benavot, Director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report, and Nicole Bella, Senior Statistician and Policy Analyst at the EFA Global Monitoring Report. This week, we launched the 2015 EFA GMR Gender Summary in time for International Day of the Girl … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, parity, sdgs | Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender. equality | 7 Comments

Don’t be gender blind. Take a moment to understand gender gaps in education.

Posted on 13 October 2015 by Kate Redman

It may surprise many that, in global terms, girls make up just 52% of out of primary school age children. At the secondary level there are actually fewer girls out of school than boys. When averaging out the gender parity … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Latin America, Learning, Out-of-school children, parity, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, Quality of education, Secondary school | Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender. equality | 5 Comments

Girls continue to draw the short straw.

Posted on 12 October 2015 by Aaron Benavot

Today we are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child and are launching the Gender Summary from the GMR 2015. It shows, yet again, the extent to which girls face the greatest challenges in accessing basic education. The theme of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Learning, parity, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender. equality | 2 Comments

Measuring gender equality in education: A challenge for the Sustainable Development agenda

Posted on 27 March 2015 by GEM Report

By Elaine Unterhalter, Professor of Education and International Development at the Institute of Education, University College London, and Joan Dejaeghere Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, Interdisciplinary Center for Global Change, University of Minnesota. As we look to the post-2015 … Continue reading →