Girls’ Education

UNESCO’s interactive tool that allows users to explore the educational rights of girls and women around the world. The scoring system enables users to visually monitor legal progress toward securing the right to education for women in all countries.

An article from a Europe-wide study by Microsoft of girls and young women that found a clear link between role models and an increased passion for STEM subjects, with more interest in careers in these fields, and greater self-confidence.

An evaluation of a multifaceted policy intervention in Uganda that effectively supported adolescent women's empowerment over a four-year horizon.

This policy paper focuses on the less recognized effects of gender norms on boys’ schooling, particularly at secondary level and amongst those from the poorest families. It urges the need to address boys’ disadvantage and disengagement in education.

An overview of SDG #5 ("Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls") and progress tracking from the official UN knowledge platform.

An article about the UNGEI webinar on measuring gender attitudes, focusing on pilot projects in Sierra Leone and Cote D’Ivoire with Save the Children’s Jane Leer and a project in Haryana state, India with the CEO of Breakthrough, Sohini Bhattacharya.

This report describes how the factors of education, the labor market, and social norms underlie why girls in Nepal are not able to leverage technical and vocational education and training (TVET) to their advantage and provides policy recommendations.

An article debunking myths that boys and girls start out with different cognitive abilities in mathematics. The finding challenges the idea that more boys end up in STEM fields because they are inherently better at the sort of thinking they require.