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23 sty 2023 · GENEVA (23 January 2023) – 130 million girls are denied the human right to education around the world, UN experts* said today, calling on States to step up efforts for the realisation of this fundamental human right.
11 paź 2022 · Worldwide, nearly 130 million girls are not enrolled in formal education, and more than half of them are in crisis-affected countries. In Afghanistan, girls are no longer even allowed to attend secondary school. To address these problems, time and resources are required, yet fewer than 3 per cent of COVID-19 stimulus funds have gone to education.
8 mar 2020 · There are 130 million girls who are completely missing out on school. These are "the most marginalised and hardest to reach", says Ms Gillard. She chairs the Global Partnership for Education...
Worldwide, 119 million girls are out of school. Only 49 per cent of countries have achieved gender parity in primary education. At the secondary level, the gap widens: 42 per cent of countries have achieved gender parity in lower secondary education, and 24 per cent in upper secondary education. The reasons are many.
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.
18 kwi 2024 · A large, and increasing, number of girls is denied access to education due to conflict and fragility. In 2022, 614 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected contexts, 50 percent higher than in 2017 ( UN Women 2023 ).
Following the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented disruption to education, UNESCO estimates that 11 million girls may not return to school. Girls aged 12-17 are at particular risk of dropping out of school in low and lower-income countries, whereas boys are more at risk in upper-middle and high-income countries.
