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Female education is a catch-all term for a complex set of issues and debates surrounding education (primary education, secondary education, tertiary education, and health education in particular) for girls and women.
Gender-equitable education systems can contribute to reductions in school-related gender-based violence and harmful practices, including child marriage and female genital mutilation. Gender-equitable education systems help keep both girls and boys in school, building prosperity for entire countries.
Our 162 active projects (as of February 2024) are impacting more than 150 million girls and young women worldwide. Hundreds of millions more have been impacted over the past few decades. We tackle key barriers that girls and young women face when trying to obtain an education.
Oct 10, 2023 · On International Day of the Girl, new calculations by the Global Education Monitoring Report reveal that 50 million more girls have been enrolled in school globally since 2015. There are also 5 million more girls completing each level of education from primary to upper secondary education.
Many girls and women cannot exercise their right to education due to gender inequality and discriminatory practices. Poverty, early marriage, and gender-based violence are just some of the reasons behind the high percentage of out-of-school and illiterate girls and women globally.
Women still account for almost two-thirds of all adults unable to read. UNESCO calls for attention to gender equality throughout the education system in relation to access, content, teaching and learning context and practices, learning outcomes, and life and work opportunities.
Mar 18, 2024 · Delivering With and For Adolescent Girls. This report highlights the voices of nearly 590,000 girls, boys, young women and men around the world who participated in UNICEF’s poll on policy priorities for advancing adolescent girls’ rights.
Oct 11, 2022 · Globally, young women outnumber men in tertiary education, but in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), women make up only 35 per cent of students, and in ICT, women make up just 3 per cent. Across countries, girls are steered away from STEM.
Sep 19, 2022 · Currently women are only 35 per cent of those in STEM education. We must do better, or our world will not do better. And while we make progress for girls, we must not forget about the millions of adult women who have already missed out on education.
Jan 3, 2020 · Girls’ success in school made it hard for traditionalists to keep making their old arguments that women were intellectually incapable. Instead, they began relying on new claims that education would harm their health and reproductive capacities.
