'I really want to go to school.' - The right to education of pregnant girls in Kakamega county, Kenya
2020
In Kenya, teenage pregnancy almost certainly means the end of a girl’s education.
Girls & Women
Legal and policy framework: Early and unintended pregnancy and the right to education in Kenya
2019
Factsheet detailing the legal and policy framework in Kenya applicable to early and unintended pregnancy and the right to education.
Forced marriage: A brutal barrier to a child’s education
Abusing a child’s human rights by forcing them into marriage is a global problem that spreads far across different cultures, ethnicities and religions. With 1 in 5 girls in the world said to be married before turning 18, the issue is as hidden as it is serious. Worldwide gender inequality permeates harmful traditions, silencing young girls and confining their bodies to a lifelong struggle of grooming. Consequently, the fundamental right to education for children is very often jeopardised by forced and early marriage.
'I Will Never Go Back to School' - The impact of attacks on education for Nigerian women and girls
2018
Attacks on education by the insurgent group Boko Haram have caused horrific and long-term suffering for female students and teachers in northeastern Nigeria.
Leave no girl behind in Africa - Discrimination in education against pregnant girls and adolescent mothers
2018
The African continent has the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in the world, according to the United Nations.
All children in school and learning - Afghanistan country study
2018
Children in Afghanistan – and their households
Her Turn. It's time to make refugee girls' education a priority
2018
“Her Turn”, a new report from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reveals that refugee girls at secondary level are only half as likely to enrol in school as their male peers, even though girls make up h
GEMR Gender review 2018
2018
The 2018 Gender Review prepared by the Global Education Monitoring Report team, the sixth in the series, maintains the focus on a broad conception of gender equality that extends beyond coun
Country commitments to gender equality in education
2018
This background paper was commissioned by the Global Education Monitoring Report team to assist in the drafting the 2018 GEM Gender Review: Accountability in educati
