Tag Archives: Gender

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

Missing from school: the education challenge in sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on 20 July 2016 by GEM Report

Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and Aaron Benavot, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report With the Eurozone in turmoil and sluggish economic growth in the US and elsewhere, investors may well see sub-Saharan Africa – … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Gender, Learning, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school, Skills, Testing, Uncategorized | Tagged basic education, education, Education for All, equality, Gender, learning, primary education, SDGs, sustainable development | 2 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

New proposed indicators to monitor the post-2015 education framework

Posted on 13 May 2015 by GEM Report

By Albert Motivans, Head of Education Statistics, UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Manos Antoninis, Senior Policy Analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report. The post-2015 sustainable development agenda, including the education goal, has received praise for its ambitious and universal … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Equality, Equity, Millennium Development Goals, sdgs | Tagged basic education, education, Gender, goals, inclusive education, measuring, Millennium Development Goals, monitoring, SDGs, targets, WEF, world education forum | 4 Comments

Does getting pregnant cause girls to drop out of school?

Posted on 7 May 2015 by GEM Report

By Stephanie Psaki, research associate focusing on girls education for the Population Council. Globally, “schoolgirl pregnancy” is cited as one of the primary barriers to girls’ education. In some cases – as in Sierra Leone currently – pregnant girls may be prohibited … Continue reading →