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Education and gender: there is a powerful human rights argument and a strong developmental case for achieving [Pagelink infos="Gender Equality|gender equality"] in education. It is an affordable investment with high returns. When girls are educated, livelihoods are improved, education is valued, and civic responsibility is enhanced. In most societies, however, deep-seated inequalities result in unequal access to and performance in education. 
 
Follow the links below to access internationally comparable statistics on gender and education from the [Pagelink infos="United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics"]. 

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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> Female Students 
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<a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_STUDENTS" alt="Percentage of Female Students">Percentage of Female Students</a> 

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<a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_GRADUATES_TERTIARY" alt="Percentage of Female Graduates in Tertiary Education">Percentage of Female Graduates in Tertiary Education</a> 

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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> Female Teachers 
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_TEACHERS" alt="Percentage of Female Teachers">Percentage of Female Teachers</a>
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TRAINED_TEACHERS" alt="Percentage of Trained Teachers">Percentage of Trained Teachers</a> (Total, male and female)
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> Literacy 
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=YOUTH_ILLITERACY" alt="Youth illiteracy">Youth illiteracy</a> (Total and&nbsp;% female)
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<a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ADULT_ILLITERACY" alt="Adult Illiteracy (15+)">Adult Illiteracy (15+)</a>&nbsp;(Total and&nbsp;% female) 

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<a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_LITERACY" alt="Female Literacy">Female Literacy</a> 

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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> School Life Expectancy 
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=SCHOOL_LIFE_EXPECTANCY" alt="School Life Expectancy">School Life Expectancy</a>
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> Gender Parity Index 
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=GER_GPI" alt="Gross enrolment ratio (GER) and gender parity index (GPI) of GER">Gross enrolment ratio (GER) and gender parity index (GPI) of GER</a>
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> Primary children out of school 
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=OUT_OF_SCHOOL" alt="Rate of primary school children out of school">Rate of primary school children out of school</a>
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<h3 id="w_unesco-institute-for-statistics">UNESCO Institute for Statistics</h3>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx" alt="UNESCO Institute for Statistics">UNESCO Institute for Statistics</a> 
</li><li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/The_2010_Global_Education_Digest" alt="The 2010 Global Education Digest">The 2010 Global Education Digest</a>; related *<a href="http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/The_2010_Global_Education_Digest:_Datasets" alt="datasets">datasets</a>
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<h2 id="w_see-also">See Also</h2>
<ul><li>[Pagelink infos="Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Women and African Economic Development"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Women and African Economic Development|Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Women and African Economic Development"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Education for All"][Pagelink infos="Gloria Steinem| "] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Access to Education"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Primary Completion Rates"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Net Intake Rate"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Net Enrolment Ratio (NER)"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Under-Five Mortality Rate"]
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