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EDUCATION FOR GIRLS & WOMEN

 

Education for All - EFA - UNESCO

EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008

Full Report Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001547/154743e.pdf

 

POWER POINT:

http://www.unesco.org/education/gmr2008/presentation/2008nov29.pdf

 

Education for All 2008

Power Point - Gender

 

*63% of countries have achieved gender parity in PRIMARY education

*37% of countries have achieved gender parity in SECONDARY education.

*Gender disparities in secondary education are greater than in primary.

*Girls still account for 60% of out-of-school children in the Arab States and

 66% in South and West Asia.

*There are 774 million adult illiterates. 75% of illiterate adults live in 15 countries. 64% 

 are women. The number of illiterate  adults increased in sub-Saharan Africa and Arab 

 States.

*Projections show that on current trends, the goal of eliminating gender disparities

 at both the primary and secondary levels will be missed in 2015 in over 90 countries

 out of 172.

 

 

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