The gender edition of the 2023 GEM Report was released on April 25, International Girls in ICT Day, at an event organised by the AU International Center for Girls & Women’s Education in Africa (CIEFFA) and ImpactHER. Technology on her terms warns that exposure to algorithm-driven, image-based content can expose girls to inappropriate material, ranging…
In accordance with GA Resolution 71/313, the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will be conducting a Comprehensive Review of the global indicator framework throughout 2024 and will submit its proposed refinements, revisions, replacements, additions and deletions to the 56th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2025 for…
A new UNESCO factsheet released for International Women’s Day shows where investments in girls’ education need to be stepped up. The 10 countries with the highest out of school rates for girls are all in Africa apart from Afghanistan. In 8 of these 10 countries, over half of school-aged girls are out of school, rising…
There has been a lot of discussion in recent months on global SDG indicator 4.1.1a on learning outcomes in early grades. As few countries have been able to report on it, its future is at risk ahead of the upcoming comprehensive review of the SDG indicators. We have explained in a recent blog, the technical…
The 2024/5 GEM Report due out in November will examine the requirements of good leadership in education and spotlight the stories of effective education leaders from around the world. With your help, we want to find: teachers or head teachers who have come into a school and made it more inclusive… politicians or civil servants…