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The Council is calling for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the digital age, with a focus on the risks and ...
UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality ...
In recent decades, Canadian universities have made definite progress ensuring gender equality in access to faculty positions. But despite this, persistent inequalities remain, and they are much more ...
Gender equality is not only a fundamental right but an economic imperative. ... and expand women’s access to skills and education. Countries that are open to international trade tend to grow faster, ...
Thirty years ago, the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing was a turning point in the global fight for gender equality. The adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set a ...
This included the constitution, and Sustainable Development Goals 4 on quality education and 5 on gender equality. Years later, however, it became clear that the government wasn’t achieving some ...
Gender equality is a global priority for UNESCO.It is inextricably linked to its mandate to lead the Education 2030 Agenda which recognizes that gender equality requires an approach that ‘ensures that ...
In Canada, York is number one for SDG 4: Quality education, and second for SDG 5: Gender equality, SDG 10: Reduced inequities ...
Menstrual health must be integrated into national education, health, and gender equality programmes. This means ensuring functional toilets, access to water, disposal systems, and menstrual ...
Equally, the education sector in Kenya has achieved near gender parity in primary education enrolment, with 5.1 million girls and 5.2 million boys enrolled in 2023, thanks to government policies ...
The UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2024-25 highlights persistent gender disparities in learning outcomes and educational leadership across countries, including India.