Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2003 4: Gender and Education for All: Leap to Equality (Education on the Move)

All Countries Have Pledged To Eliminate Gender Disparities In Primary And Secondary Education By 2005. According To This Report, 54 Countries Are At Risk Of Not Achieving This Goal On Present Trends. More Than 56 Percent Of The 104 Million Out-of-school Children Are Girls And Over Two-thirds Of The World's 860 Million Illiterates Are Women. But Reaching Equality Is Not Just A Question Of Numbers. It Implies The Same Chances Of Learning, Of Benefiting From Equitable Treatment Within The School And The Same Opportunities In Terms Of Employment, Wages And Civic Participation. This Report Highlights Innovative And Best Practice, Suggests Priorities For National Strategies And Examines How The International Community Is Meeting Its Commitments Towards Efa.--publisher's Description. 1. Rights, Equality And Education For All -- 2. Towards Efa: Assessing Progress -- 3. Why Are Girls Still Held Back? -- 4. Lessons From Good Practice -- 5. National Strategies In Action -- 6. Meeting Our International Commitments -- 7. Gendered Strategies For Efa. Statistics Tables: 1. Country Background Statistics ; 2. Adult And Youth Literacy ; 3. Early Childhood Care And Education (ecce) ; 4. Access To Primary Education ; 5. Participation In Primary Education ; 6. Primary Education: Internal Efficiency ; 7. Participation In Secondary And Post-secondary Non-tertiary Education ; 8. Participation In Tertiary Education ; 9. Tertiary Education: Field Of Study (%) And Female Share ; 10. Teaching Staff ; 11. Private Enrolment And Education Finance -- Rights To Education And To Gender Equality Specified By International Treaties And Declarations -- The Education For All Development Index (edi) And Prospects For Gender Parity -- Matching The Crs And Dac Databases. [foreword, Koichiro Matsuura]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 388-411).