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A Scorecard on Gender Equality and Girls' Education in Asia, 1990-2000. Advocacy Brief
| Title: | A Scorecard on Gender Equality and Girls' Education in Asia, 1990-2000. Advocacy Brief |
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| Authors: | Unterhalter, Elaine, Rajagopalan, Rajee, Challender, Chloe, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). |
| Source: | Online Submission. 2005. |
| Abstract: | Background: Existing measures for access to and efficiency in the school system are very limited as measures of gender equality, even though there have been marked improvements in sex-disaggregated data. A methodology for developing a scorecard which measures gender equality in schooling and education partly based on Amartya Sen's capability approach, addresses this problem. Purpose: To apply a methodology for measuring gender equality in schooling and education in Asia. Findings: Gaps in the data are common. Some countries have no publicly available data while others have incomplete or unreliable data, in particular the former Soviet states. Proxies were used to overcome this. Conclusion: The Asian scorecards provide insights with regards to Millennium Development Goals. Government policies and strong local organizations, increases scores. Good scores once attained yield value over decades. Little action in gender equality in education leads to falling scores. Citation: A scorecard on gender equality and girls' education in Asia 1990-2000. Bangkok, UNESCO, 2005. 25p. (Advocacy Brief). Appended are: (1) Calculating the Girls' Access and Retention in Education Scorecard for 2000 and The 2000 Scorecard; and (2) Calculating the Girls' Education 1990 Scorecard. (Contains 15 tables and 4 footnotes.) [This report was produced by Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, UNESCO and Beyond Access Project, Institute of Education, University of London and Oxfam GB.] |
| Language: | English |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 31 |
| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Education, Access to Education, Equal Education, Sex Fairness, Gender Differences, Scores, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence |
| Geographic Terms: | Asia |
| ISBN: | 978-92-9223-041-8 |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 35 |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| Accession Number: | ED494962 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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