Girls' Education and Gender Equality

Girls' education and gender equality are the core of the GPE's vision of improving learning and impartiality through the 2020 intensive education system.

Since 2000 the enrollment rate of girls has been rising. However, an estimated 131 million girls worldwide are not going to school and face multiple educational obstacles. These include distance to school, cultural norms and practices, gender-based violence related to school, and early or forced marriage. Men and women face a barrier to good education in areas affected by conflicts where security and security are affected and in families dependent on labor and income

To make girls go to school and to be able to learn in a safe and cooperative environment will bring a lot of benefits to girls themselves, their families, communities, and society.

Promotion of gender equality is one of the eight guidelines of GPE 2020 which is partnership's 2016-2020 strategic plan. Realizing more equitable, gender equality, and comprehensiveness is one of three strategic objectives under this plan.

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The gender equality policy and strategy of the GPE from 2016 to 2020 is broader due to the narrower girls' educational priorities, including men and women's issues related to areas, teachers, administrators and systems in which boys are in a disadvantageous position It reflects the transition to gender equality. Specifically, the GPE supports gender equality as follows.

Education department plan to promote gender equality: The GPE supports national efforts to develop, fund and provide gender sensitive education programs. These plans include concrete measures to reduce gender, teach and learn more quickly according to the needs of girls and boys. It also includes improving physical education environments such as access to an independent toilet for girls and menstrual hygiene products. In addition to the UN Girls' Education Initiative, the GPE has created guidelines to support the analysis of the education field and the plan of gender equality.

Grant to partner countries to implement education sector programs to encourage gender equality: To complement domestic investment in gender equality, at least 33 GPE program implementation grants totaling $ 1.5 billion

Government-led gender policy dialogue including civil society and other partners to promote strong mutual accountability

Approach to school-related gender based violence (SRGBV): Recognizing the prevalence of SRGBV and the effect on girls' education, GPE has developed a global literature review of SRGBV and four countries (Ethiopia, Zambia, Togo) We provided funds. And Cote d'Ivoire is helping to better understand the nature and incidence of SRGBV, to study its effective ways and to support domestic design strategies and interventions.

GPE will also work with partners in other fields including health to improve health outcomes and improve learning.

Socheata and Sodanet regularly participate in the community to oppose early marriage and child labor and promote girls' education and gender equality. The campaign is one of the responsibilities of becoming a friend to help a friend team leader. To surprise the planning staff, the girls even tried to meet with local village officials to inform them of the difficult problems facing Cambodian girls. According to Socheata's social mobilization - adult tutor, Room to Read provides, the positive impact of their research group is important. A girl named Mot, who had not frequently attended school last year, was trying to drop out of school. Then she joined the study group. This was the first time she felt she had the necessary support to stay at school - and she learned that she really liked studying with her colleagues. Mot is now working hard to complete secondary school.

These two Cambodian girls students will be incentive models for other girls - and they will stop dropping out of school

The aim of qualitative research on gender issues in education is to promote gender equality and eliminate gender stereotypes. This means that men and women have equal access to education and equal opportunities and benefits in participating in various areas and other learning experiences offered in classrooms and schools. They also have the skills and attitudes to help maximize the possibilities inside and outside the education system, regardless of gender.

Investigation and understanding of gender issues in education Qualitative research manual on focus of educational practitioners and gender Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2005