“New calculations by the Global Education Monitoring Report reveal that 50 million more girls have been enrolled in school globally since 2015. There are also 5 million more girls completing each level of education from primary to upper secondary education.”
From UNESCO.
“In the 10 years leading up to 2021, the share of women in sub-Saharan Africa who owned a financial account more than doubled to reach 49%, according to data from the Global Findex.
Since 2017 alone, account ownership rates for women in the region increased 12 percentage points, driven entirely by increased adoption of mobile money accounts.”
From Brookings.
“On Jan. 28, the Constitutional Court’s decision to abolish the provision in the Turkish Civil Code, which prevented women from using solely their own surnames after marriage, officially took effect.”
From Duvar English.
“Eastern and Southern Africa has nearly achieved gender parity in primary education, with 25 million more girls enrolled in primary school in AFE today than in the early 2000s.”
From World Bank.
“After a yearslong trend of elite colleges dropping standardized test requirements from their applications, the tide seems to be turning for the SAT. Long derided as unfair, unnecessary, or even sexist and racist, college entrance exams are gaining new defenders who point out that, contrary to common conception, standardized tests help—not hinder—talented yet disadvantaged students.”
From Reason.
