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2. F A C T S Two-thirds of the world’s 799 million illiterate adults ages 15 and over are women. Some 67 countries have primary school attendance and enrolment rates for girls less than 85 per cent. Globally, there are just 96 girls for every 100 boys in primary school Nearly a third of all adults living with HIV/AIDS are under the age of 25, and almost two thirds of these people are women.

3. Date Initiative  In September 2000, The United Nations Millennium Declaration was signed

4. Ultimate Goal By 2015  Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education  Advancing the rights of women

5. Contributing Agencies/ Groups  UNESCO partners with Procter & Gamble to empower girls through literacy programs  The UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) actively promotes girls’ education and gender equality.  The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN System, supports national and local action to address violence against women and girls.

6. Specific Actions They Have Taken Somalia: Scholarships help keep girls in school (UNICEF supported). Yemen: over 1000 female teachers were hired and trained to work in rural areas. Getting girls into quality school environments helping them stay there Helping women and girls avoid HIV/AIDS. Promoting child protection:(“victims of exploitation, abuse and violence. They abducted from their homes and schools and recruited into armed conflicts, exploited sexually, or trafficked and forced to work in abominable conditions”)

7. Progress They Have Made Women are gaining more power in the world’s parliaments, boosted by quota systems. In 2012, the number of women members of parliament globally jumped to 20.4 per cent at the end of 2012 from 19.6 per cent at the beginning of 2012— Women are gaining ground in the labor market Women’s share of paid employment outside the agricultural sector has increased slowly from 35 to 40 per cent between 1990 and 2010, The global share of women in parliament continues to rise slowly and reached 20 per cent in 2012—far short of gender parity, though an increase of one percentage point was seen during 2012. Globally, the share of women employed outside of agriculture rose to 40 per cent, but rose to only 20 per cent in Southern Asia, Western Asia and Northern Africa.

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