Tag Archives: #Target 4.5

Learning on the run: using ICT for education in emergencies

Posted on 20 March 2017 by GEM Report

Natural disasters, extreme weather, bombings and protracted armed conflict can destroy schools and undermine the normalcy of school life. Given the complexity of how education is impacted by emergencies, innovative solutions are needed to ensure that disruption to education is … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, emergencies, ICT, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, emergencies, ICT, mobile learning, refugees, Target 4.3, technology | 2 Comments

Peru has a new ‘rose-tinted’ curriculum

Posted on 8 March 2017 by GEM Report

The UN congratulated Peru last week for its new education curriculum, in effect since the 1st January this year, which aims to improve gender equality. The change has been long needed, as is the case for many other countries in … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Gender, Latin America, parity, pedagogy, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, curriculum, equality, equity, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks | 1 Comment

Closing the circle: Teaching gender issues to teachers

Posted on 27 February 2017 by GEM Report

Last week the French supreme council for gender equality published a report on the imperative to keep mainstreaming gender equality issues in teacher preparation programs and to make knowledge and skills in these areas required for teacher graduation. “Making teachers … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, target 4.c, teacher, teaching | 2 Comments

Hidden figures: showing the importance of women in science

Posted on 10 February 2017 by GEM Report

Tomorrow is the second year of celebrating the new UN Day on Girls and Women in Science. This subject seems to be picking up steam. It has even hit the big time – featuring in a blockbuster Hollywood film, Hidden Figures, about … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, ICT, STEM, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, maths, science, STEM | 3 Comments

Education – know your rights

Posted on 6 February 2017 by GEM Report

Today is the international day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation (FGM). Globally, it is estimated that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM. If current trends continue, 15 million additional … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 gender review, Gender, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, education, female education, fgm, gender. equality | Leave a comment

Viet Nam: Using Textbooks and Curricula for Gender Equality

Posted on 19 December 2016 by GEM Report

This blog looks at how recent textbook reforms in Viet Nam have worked to improve gender equality. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Equality, Gender, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Between the Lines Blog Series, curriculum, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks, viet nam | 4 Comments

Visualising the remaining gaps in education

Posted on 18 October 2016 by GEM Report

In recent years, the GEM Report’s World Inequality Database in Education has brought the magnitude of inequality in education between and within countries to wider attention. Today, we are launching a number of new features on the website in response … Continue reading →

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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

Building resilience and shaping futures: the UNRWA response to the education needs of Palestine refugees from Syria

Posted on 21 June 2016 by GEM Report

By Caroline Pontefract, Director of Education, UNRWA/UNESCO Education Programme Over the past 65 years, the UNRWA/UNESCO education programme has been providing quality and equitable learning opportunities for refugees, and is currently supporting 500,000 refugees in the Middle East despite the … Continue reading →