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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/node/2829">https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/node/2829</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">BUILDING BRIDGES FOR GENDER EQUALITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><img border="0" width="1141" height="220" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D539C1.C7F744C0" alt="https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/sites/gem-report/files/styles/full_width_feature_image/public/web%20cover%20photo_1.jpg?itok=sHxvFlx8"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#004986;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.35pt">Building bridges for gender equality
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#615F5F;letter-spacing:.35pt">The 2019 Gender Report is based on a monitoring framework first introduced in the
2016 Global Education Monitoring Report. In addition to focusing on gender parity in education participation, attainment and learning achievement, the framework examines broad social and economic contexts (gender norms and institutions) and key education system
characteristics (laws and policies, teaching and learning practices, learning environments, and resources). The framework also looks at the relationship between education and selected social and economic outcomes. For instance, a move towards parity in education
attainment may increase women's labour force participation rates, but low levels of labour force participation feed into existing norms and may constrain expansion of education opportunities for women<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">Direct Link to Full 69-Page 2019 Report – English</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">
- </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000368753/PDF/368753eng.pdf.multi">https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000368753/PDF/368753eng.pdf.multi</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">French – 80 Pages</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">
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https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000369007/PDF/369007fre.pdf.multi</a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">Key Messages: #DontIgnoreHer</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">Despite progress, many countries still have significant gender gaps in education</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><br>
Two out of three countries have achieved gender parity in primary education, one in two have achieved parity in lower secondary education and one in four in upper secondary education.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">This will not change unless we challenge harmful social norms and attitudes about women's role in society.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">About 27% of respondents in the World Values Survey agreed that ‘a university education is more important for a boy than a girl’ with shares as high as 56%
in Pakistan and 59% in Haiti</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">Education systems are only as equal as we make them. But teaching is frequently a female profession with men in charge</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">In a group of high income countries, the share of female head teachers was 26% lower than the share of female teachers.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">Laws are needed to change the status quo: countries must ban child marriage and let pregnant girls go to school.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">In sub-Saharan Africa, 4 countries even enforce a total ban against their return.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">Donors generally prioritise gender equality in their education budgets; they must ensure their projects are sustainable
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">On average, across DAC member countries,
55% of direct aid to education was deemed gender-targeted, ranging from 6% in Japan to 92% in Canada </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">Countries must make sure gender equality is central in their education plan</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt">A review of education sector
plans of 20 countries with some of the highest gender disparities showed that cash and in-kind transfers featured in 3 out of 4 plans; while curriculum and textbook reform, girls’ participation in STEM courses and safe access to schools only featured in 1
out of 5 plans</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.35pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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