Gender and education
- Decisive strategies towards fair schooling are required in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
- H. Murray / Young Lives, 2012
- Millions of poor children and families are investing scarce resources in going to school, in the hope that it will lead to a better life. This paper looks at children’s unequal trajectories from early childhood through to the ti...
- Finding a curriculum that works under trees: Literacy and health education for adolescent girls in rural Malawi
- B Makwiza (ed) / Development in Practice, 2007
- Non-formal education often represents a last chance for adolescent girls who do not attend school to receive some education to improve their health before they become mothers. This paper describes the development of a literacy and hea...
- Secondary School Madrasas in Bangladesh: Incidence, Quality, and Implications for Reform
- M.N. Asadullah; N. Chaudhury; S.R. Al-Zayed Josh / World Bank, 2010
- This report presents findings from a comprehensive survey to determine the magnitude of madrasa institutions in Bangladesh and whether the quality of the education is on par with secular schools. Based on the outcome of the survey, th...
- Exploring the drop-out rate of young girls from senior edcation in Malawi
- 2004
- The objective of this paper is to assess the performance and responsiveness of the selected interventions towards Malawi attainment of Accelerated Girls' Education as stipulated in Unicef's Medium Term Strategic Plan, the Malawi Pover...
- Creating a conducive learning environment for girls in schools: a trainers’ manual for preventing sexualised violence against girls in schools
- Action For Development, 2010
- Widespread violations are being committed against female students in Ugandan schools (including rape, defilement and sexual harassment); yet these cases often go unreported. This is a step-by-step teacher training manual for preventin...
- The Global Gender Gap Report 2010
- R Hausmann; L Tyson; S Zahidi / World Economic Forum, 2010
- The Global Gender Gap Index was introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, as a framework for capturing and measuring gender based disparities and tracking their progress. It seeks to highlight those countries that are role model...
- Thematic Paper on MDG3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
- United Nations Development Group, 2010
- In 2000, the UN system drew up eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to provide a set of benchmarks to measure progress towards the eradication of global poverty. MDG 3, to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, in...
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on gender inequalites in primary education in Uganda
- D. M. Kakuru / Wageningen University, Netherlands, 2006
- The aim of this book is to facilitate the recognition of HIV/AIDS impact on the livelihoods of rural households as an issue frustrating the combat for gender equality in Universal Primary Education (UPE). This is particularly so in pa...
- Technology-based vocational skills training for marginalized girls and young women in Indonesia
- G. Dunkley; C. Haddad (ed) / UNESCO Bangkok, 2008
- In most impoverished communities, there has long been a heavy reliance on self-help mechanisms and micro-enterprise development (especially among women) in the informal economy for household and community survival and local income-gen...
- How to promote gender equality through social, economic and cultural rights
- P. Eliadis; L. Farha; S. Aurora / Equitas- International Centre for Human Rights Education, 2008
- Like all standards and aspirations, women's economic, social and cultural rights ultimately depend on the ability to enforce them.This handbook is intended as a specific tool for national human rights institutions to enhance thei...
- Decisive strategies towards fair schooling are required in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
- H. Murray / Young Lives, 2012
- Millions of poor children and families are investing scarce resources in going to school, in the hope that it will lead to a better life. This paper looks at children’s unequal trajectories from early childhood through to the ti...
- Finding a curriculum that works under trees: Literacy and health education for adolescent girls in rural Malawi
- B Makwiza (ed) / Development in Practice, 2007
- Non-formal education often represents a last chance for adolescent girls who do not attend school to receive some education to improve their health before they become mothers. This paper describes the development of a literacy and hea...
- Secondary School Madrasas in Bangladesh: Incidence, Quality, and Implications for Reform
- M.N. Asadullah; N. Chaudhury; S.R. Al-Zayed Josh / World Bank, 2010
- This report presents findings from a comprehensive survey to determine the magnitude of madrasa institutions in Bangladesh and whether the quality of the education is on par with secular schools. Based on the outcome of the survey, th...
- Exploring the drop-out rate of young girls from senior edcation in Malawi
- 2004
- The objective of this paper is to assess the performance and responsiveness of the selected interventions towards Malawi attainment of Accelerated Girls' Education as stipulated in Unicef's Medium Term Strategic Plan, the Malawi Pover...
- Creating a conducive learning environment for girls in schools: a trainers’ manual for preventing sexualised violence against girls in schools
- Action For Development, 2010
- Widespread violations are being committed against female students in Ugandan schools (including rape, defilement and sexual harassment); yet these cases often go unreported. This is a step-by-step teacher training manual for preventin...
- The Global Gender Gap Report 2010
- R Hausmann; L Tyson; S Zahidi / World Economic Forum, 2010
- The Global Gender Gap Index was introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, as a framework for capturing and measuring gender based disparities and tracking their progress. It seeks to highlight those countries that are role model...
- Thematic Paper on MDG3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
- United Nations Development Group, 2010
- In 2000, the UN system drew up eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to provide a set of benchmarks to measure progress towards the eradication of global poverty. MDG 3, to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, in...
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on gender inequalites in primary education in Uganda
- D. M. Kakuru / Wageningen University, Netherlands, 2006
- The aim of this book is to facilitate the recognition of HIV/AIDS impact on the livelihoods of rural households as an issue frustrating the combat for gender equality in Universal Primary Education (UPE). This is particularly so in pa...
- Technology-based vocational skills training for marginalized girls and young women in Indonesia
- G. Dunkley; C. Haddad (ed) / UNESCO Bangkok, 2008
- In most impoverished communities, there has long been a heavy reliance on self-help mechanisms and micro-enterprise development (especially among women) in the informal economy for household and community survival and local income-gen...
- How to promote gender equality through social, economic and cultural rights
- P. Eliadis; L. Farha; S. Aurora / Equitas- International Centre for Human Rights Education, 2008
- Like all standards and aspirations, women's economic, social and cultural rights ultimately depend on the ability to enforce them.This handbook is intended as a specific tool for national human rights institutions to enhance thei...
- Middle East Youth Initiative
- The initiative blends activities in an attempt to bridge the divide between thinkers and practitioners by utilising robust research as a foundation for effective policy and programs. The initiative has three complementary pillars: Research and Policy The initiateive aims to advance understanding of economic and social issues to promote solutions for the in...
