Gender Report Social Media | 2019 GEM Report

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✅ Over half of G7 aid to education goes to achieving gender equality shows new Gender @GEMReport #DontIgnoreHer #G7France #G7Equality Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender (infographic)

New Gender @GEMReport released at #G7Equality shows that 1/3 countries still do not have equal numbers of girls to boys in primary school #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender (infographic)

The number of adult illiterate women has increased by 20 million in low income countries since 2000 #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

New Gender @GEMReport shows the Arab States is now the furthest behind for the first time in achieving gender parity in primary education, possibly as a result of conflict #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

We can try to improve education systems as much as we want but real change is unlikely to happen unless we also tackle negative gender norms and attitudes in society #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender (infographic)

Laws should ban child marriage and enable pregnant students to go to school. At least 117 countries and territories still allow children to marry #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender (infographic)

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JUST RELEASED gender @GEM Report Unesco shows that a third of countries still do not have equal numbers of girls to boys in primary school, half do not in lower secondary, and three out of four do not in upper secondary education #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender #G7France #G7Equality

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The latest Gender Report from the GEM Report shows that a third of countries still do not have equal numbers of girls to boys in primary school, half do not in lower secondary, and three out of four do not in upper secondary education. The Report was released at the #G7France #G7Equality -UNESCO Conference. It showed that G7 donors allocate over half of their aid to education to gender equality. #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender #G7France

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New Gender @GEMReport shows that some regions are progressing faster than others in achieving gender parity in education #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender (infographic)

New Gender @GEMReport shows unequal opportunities once out of school means that technical and vocational programmes remain a male bastion #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

Four countries in sub-Saharan Africa still enforce a total ban against girls returning to school after pregnancy #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

In most countries, girls are also more than twice as likely to be involved in child domestic work than boys #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

Many schools lack sanitation facilities essential for menstrual hygiene management #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

Donor aid to gender equality in education needs to lead to sustainable results that are effective, scalable, replicable and participatory #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender #G7France #G7Equality

Only 4 of the 20 countries with the largest gender gaps in education cover curriculum reform, girls participation in STEM courses and safe access to schools #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

Niger, Guinea and Somalia have some of the largest gender gaps in education but their education plans show strong roadmaps for change #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

Central and Southern Asia has seen great progress in achieving gender equality, mostly thanks to rapid change in India #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

Teachers:

Teaching is still frequently a female profession with men in charge #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

In 28 mostly high-income countries, 70% of lower secondary school teachers are female, but only 53% are head teachers #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender

Many countries struggle to deploy female teachers where they are most needed, like in displacement settings, and there is little training in gender-sensitive teaching, which reinforces gender stereotypes in the classroom #DontIgnoreHer Bit.ly/2019gemreportgender