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The Unique Challenges Facing Women in Education
The pandemic has exposed many of the challenges facing women working in education. Yet, Jennie Weiner, Ed.M.'03, Ed.D.'12, an expert who studies how to create a more inclusive and equitable education field, acknowledges that many of the gender disparities in the education profession have long existed.Across the sector, women make up a majority of the education workforce but occupy barely a ...
The world is failing 130 million girls denied education: UN experts
Women and children. 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. Ahead of the International Day of Education, the experts issued the following statement: "The world is ...
Leaving no girl behind in education
Leaving no girl behind in education. 11 October 2022. We know from decades of research that when girls and women are educated, we see faster poverty reduction, better maternal health, lower child mortality, greater HIV prevention and reduced violence. Each additional year a girl spends in school can also boost her earnings as an adult by up to ...
Why educating women is more important than we realize
Quality education can help both men and women understand these deep-seated issues in our society, raise their collective and individual levels of awareness, understand the importance of all people, irrespective of sex, in building a healthy and conscious society. In order to ensure sustainable development, it has become imperative to recognize ...
Key data on girls and women's right to education
Right to education, pregnant and parenting girls. According to our monitoring tool, worldwide, 2% of countries restrict the right to education of married, pregnant and parenting girls and women in their legal framework. These countries are located in three different regions. The restrictions could either prohibit them from attending school or ...
Q&A: Why investing in girls' and women's education is a smart move
On International Women's Day, UNESCO has released a new fact sheet that shows investment in girls' education has produced positive results over the last two decades. The most recent data reveal that currently fewer girls are out of school than boys, and that more women are enrolled in higher education than men worldwide.
The US role in advancing gender equality globally through girls' education
Indeed, the U.S. record on advancing gender equality overseas has been inconsistent and highly dependent on the incumbent administration's priorities. The last few years suggest a troubling ...
Education as the Pathway towards Gender Equality
Improvements in women's education explained half of the reduction in child deaths between 1990 and 2009. A child born to a mother who can read is 50 per cent more likely to survive past age 5 ...
On Women's Equality Day, There's Still No Gender ...
On Women's Equality Day, There's Still No Gender Parity in K-12 Schools. A teacher kicks off a lesson during an AP research class in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2020. Although nearly 77 percent of ...
Today's challenges for girls' education
There are about 80 countries where progress on girls'. education has stalled. These countries are not meeting. the education Millennium Development Goals. They are stuck in an education bog ...
Why girls around the world are still denied an equal chance of education
Girls' education. "It is estimated that 15 million girls - mainly those living in poverty - will never set foot in a classroom, compared to 10 million boys.". The gap is even wider in conflict zones, where girls are nearly two and a half times more likely to be out of school than boys. The report, produced this month by the Office of ...
Taliban escalates fight over girls' education in Afghanistan
A year in, the Taliban escalates its war against girls' education in Afghanistan. Meena Ibrahimi, 20, center, and other students study for the Kankor exam at a private tutoring center in Bamian ...
Despite equal education, women face unequal pay in 2024
Rather than comparing full-time working men to full-time working women, the Feb. 22 Census Bureau report juxtaposes men and women with the same education caliber: graduates of certificate degree ...
Women in Afghanistan and Girls: Taliban Restrict Their Education
Afghanistan's new government is likely to severely restrict education for girls and women despite the Taliban's claims that schooling will eventually resume. Share full article. 254. A class ...
The story of female education in the US: from illiterate to top of the
Image: Unsplash/Nikhita S. Between 1790 and 1870, girls in the US went from being illiterate to outperforming their male counterparts in schools. From false accusations that learning algebra would harm their reproductive capabilities to gendered classes, this is the tale of women in education. With so many young women succeeding academically ...
Press release: The world is failing girls and women, according to new
Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year's edition of the UN Women and UN DESA "Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023", launched today, paints a worrisome picture halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. New figures point to the need of an additional USD 360 billion in investment per ...
Women and Girls
News about women and girls, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Why Are So Many Girls in India Not Getting an Education?
In 2006, 10.3 percent of girls between the ages of 11 to 14 were out of school. In 2018 the figure stood at 4.1 percent, a significant decline. In 2018, 13.5 percent of girls between the ages 15 ...
Attacks on Education in War Surge Globally
About 6,000 attacks on education took place in 2022 and 2023, ... fragments from an attack on a women's dormitory at El Geneina University in West Darfur, ... 2024 News Release
Improving gender equality will help end violence against women, but it
Published: June 18, 2024 9:00pm EDT. The spike in reports of women murdered by men this year has prompted widespread conversations across Australia about how we end gender-based violence. Much of ...
Public Funding, Private Education
June 17, 2024. An overwhelming majority of American students attend public schools. But that number is falling. In part, that's because in more than half of states, parents can now use public ...
UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education now open for 2024
Gender equality and education. Contact: [email protected]. On International Women's Day, UNESCO is launching the call for nominations for the 2024 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education. The Prize awards US$ 50,000 annually to two laureates making outstanding efforts in favour of girls' and women's education.
CBS News poll: 2 years after Roe's overturn, majorities have concerns
2 years after Roe reversal, abortion becomes major campaign issue 03:02. Two years after the Dobbs decision overturning the federal right to an abortion, its impact is being felt beyond the matter ...
Women's Association For Morristown Medical Center Announces ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Women's Association for Morristown Medical Center (WAMMC) is pleased to announce its 2024 Scholarship Awards. WAMMC Scholarships are awarded each year to outstanding ...
New York county passes law to restrict trans girls and women ...
The legislature of New York's Nassau County passed a law on Monday to ban women's and girl's sports teams from using sports facilities in the county on Long Island unless they exclude ...
Women's Rights Activists Cover Rome's Spanish Steps in Red Paint
ROME (Reuters) - Women's rights activists protested against feminicide on Wednesday by painting Rome's famed Spanish Steps red, symbolically representing the blood of female victims of violence.
Could Delaying Menopause Improve Women's Health and Longevity?
Once that happens, a woman enters menopause, which accelerates her aging and the decline of other organ systems, like the heart and the brain. While women, on average, live longer than men, they ...
Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has
3 of 6 | . Jessica Norton attends a Broward County School Board meeting in Fort Lauderdale held on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Norton, whose daughter played on the Monarch High School volleyball team, was one of five Monarch officials removed from the school Nov. 27 amid an inquiry into possible violations of the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act," a 2021 law that bans transgender girls from ...
New UNESCO report on girls' and women's right to education: "Protect
Worldwide, 8% of States still explicitly restrict the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls in their legislation, according to UNESCO's Her Atlas.. This is only one example of the many discriminatory practices that can stand in the way of girls and women fully exercising their right to participate in, complete, and benefit from quality education.
Gilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African Women
June 20, 2024 at 9:12 AM PDT. Listen. 2:22. Gilead Sciences Inc. 's experimental twice-yearly shot prevented 100% of HIV cases in women and adolescent girls in Africa, the first successful big ...
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The pandemic has exposed many of the challenges facing women working in education. Yet, Jennie Weiner, Ed.M.'03, Ed.D.'12, an expert who studies how to create a more inclusive and equitable education field, acknowledges that many of the gender disparities in the education profession have long existed.Across the sector, women make up a majority of the education workforce but occupy barely a ...
Women and children. 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. Ahead of the International Day of Education, the experts issued the following statement: "The world is ...
Leaving no girl behind in education. 11 October 2022. We know from decades of research that when girls and women are educated, we see faster poverty reduction, better maternal health, lower child mortality, greater HIV prevention and reduced violence. Each additional year a girl spends in school can also boost her earnings as an adult by up to ...
Quality education can help both men and women understand these deep-seated issues in our society, raise their collective and individual levels of awareness, understand the importance of all people, irrespective of sex, in building a healthy and conscious society. In order to ensure sustainable development, it has become imperative to recognize ...
Right to education, pregnant and parenting girls. According to our monitoring tool, worldwide, 2% of countries restrict the right to education of married, pregnant and parenting girls and women in their legal framework. These countries are located in three different regions. The restrictions could either prohibit them from attending school or ...
On International Women's Day, UNESCO has released a new fact sheet that shows investment in girls' education has produced positive results over the last two decades. The most recent data reveal that currently fewer girls are out of school than boys, and that more women are enrolled in higher education than men worldwide.
Indeed, the U.S. record on advancing gender equality overseas has been inconsistent and highly dependent on the incumbent administration's priorities. The last few years suggest a troubling ...
Improvements in women's education explained half of the reduction in child deaths between 1990 and 2009. A child born to a mother who can read is 50 per cent more likely to survive past age 5 ...
On Women's Equality Day, There's Still No Gender Parity in K-12 Schools. A teacher kicks off a lesson during an AP research class in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2020. Although nearly 77 percent of ...
There are about 80 countries where progress on girls'. education has stalled. These countries are not meeting. the education Millennium Development Goals. They are stuck in an education bog ...
Girls' education. "It is estimated that 15 million girls - mainly those living in poverty - will never set foot in a classroom, compared to 10 million boys.". The gap is even wider in conflict zones, where girls are nearly two and a half times more likely to be out of school than boys. The report, produced this month by the Office of ...
A year in, the Taliban escalates its war against girls' education in Afghanistan. Meena Ibrahimi, 20, center, and other students study for the Kankor exam at a private tutoring center in Bamian ...
Rather than comparing full-time working men to full-time working women, the Feb. 22 Census Bureau report juxtaposes men and women with the same education caliber: graduates of certificate degree ...
Afghanistan's new government is likely to severely restrict education for girls and women despite the Taliban's claims that schooling will eventually resume. Share full article. 254. A class ...
Image: Unsplash/Nikhita S. Between 1790 and 1870, girls in the US went from being illiterate to outperforming their male counterparts in schools. From false accusations that learning algebra would harm their reproductive capabilities to gendered classes, this is the tale of women in education. With so many young women succeeding academically ...
Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year's edition of the UN Women and UN DESA "Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023", launched today, paints a worrisome picture halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. New figures point to the need of an additional USD 360 billion in investment per ...
News about women and girls, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
In 2006, 10.3 percent of girls between the ages of 11 to 14 were out of school. In 2018 the figure stood at 4.1 percent, a significant decline. In 2018, 13.5 percent of girls between the ages 15 ...
About 6,000 attacks on education took place in 2022 and 2023, ... fragments from an attack on a women's dormitory at El Geneina University in West Darfur, ... 2024 News Release
Published: June 18, 2024 9:00pm EDT. The spike in reports of women murdered by men this year has prompted widespread conversations across Australia about how we end gender-based violence. Much of ...
June 17, 2024. An overwhelming majority of American students attend public schools. But that number is falling. In part, that's because in more than half of states, parents can now use public ...
Gender equality and education. Contact: [email protected]. On International Women's Day, UNESCO is launching the call for nominations for the 2024 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education. The Prize awards US$ 50,000 annually to two laureates making outstanding efforts in favour of girls' and women's education.
2 years after Roe reversal, abortion becomes major campaign issue 03:02. Two years after the Dobbs decision overturning the federal right to an abortion, its impact is being felt beyond the matter ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Women's Association for Morristown Medical Center (WAMMC) is pleased to announce its 2024 Scholarship Awards. WAMMC Scholarships are awarded each year to outstanding ...
The legislature of New York's Nassau County passed a law on Monday to ban women's and girl's sports teams from using sports facilities in the county on Long Island unless they exclude ...
ROME (Reuters) - Women's rights activists protested against feminicide on Wednesday by painting Rome's famed Spanish Steps red, symbolically representing the blood of female victims of violence.
Once that happens, a woman enters menopause, which accelerates her aging and the decline of other organ systems, like the heart and the brain. While women, on average, live longer than men, they ...
3 of 6 | . Jessica Norton attends a Broward County School Board meeting in Fort Lauderdale held on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Norton, whose daughter played on the Monarch High School volleyball team, was one of five Monarch officials removed from the school Nov. 27 amid an inquiry into possible violations of the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act," a 2021 law that bans transgender girls from ...
Worldwide, 8% of States still explicitly restrict the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls in their legislation, according to UNESCO's Her Atlas.. This is only one example of the many discriminatory practices that can stand in the way of girls and women fully exercising their right to participate in, complete, and benefit from quality education.
June 20, 2024 at 9:12 AM PDT. Listen. 2:22. Gilead Sciences Inc. 's experimental twice-yearly shot prevented 100% of HIV cases in women and adolescent girls in Africa, the first successful big ...