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Millennium Development Goal
3 – To promote gender equality and empower women
Target – Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015.
Women and girls play vital roles within families and in society as a whole – yet they remain subject to discrimination on social, political and legal levels. While many women have started to realise their potential, there are still huge barriers to overcome.
Many women suffer the disadvantages of gender inequality right from birth. For example, it is still the case in some countries that parents’ preferential treatment of male children means that infant girls are less likely to survive.
In many countries, particularly lower-income ones, girls are more likely to drop out of school and to receive less education than boys because of discrimination or household obligations.
Overall, women are much less likely to get good jobs than men or to be elected onto committees or into parliaments and national assemblies. There is a lot to do before women all around the world have the opportunities and support they need to play a bigger role in society.
Activities for this goal include:
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Pakistan case study
Information about a girl in Pakistan whose education is helping her to claim a better future. |
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Can Jaya stay at school?
Role play activity about a girl who might have to drop out of school. |
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Education survey
Pupils carry out a survey to help them think about education and gender in their own country. |
Download Goal 3 poster (72KB pdf)
Download background information and activities for this poster (66KB pdf)
From the Change the World in Eight Steps online resource.
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