Education & Training
Education is a human right and an essential tool for achieving equality, development and peace. Though overall progress has been achieved in girls' enrolment at primary and secondary levels, girls in many countries still face discrimination due to customary attitudes, early marriages and pregnancies, lack of accessible schools, and inadequate and gender biased teaching and educational materials. Girls continue to be denied quality education, especially at higher levels and in science and technology. Investing in formal and non formal education and training for girls and women has proved to be one of the best means of achieving sustainable development and economic growth.
The Platform recommends action to:
- Ensure equal access to education. Governments are to commit themselves, by the year 2000, to universal access to basic education and completion of primary education by at least 80 per cent of primaryschool age children. They also agree to close the gender gap in primary and secondary school education by the year 2000, and to achieve universal education in all countries before the year 2015;
- Eradicate illiteracy among women. Governments are to reduce the female illiteracy rate at least to half its 1990 level;
- Improve women's access to vocational training, science and technology and continuing education; Develop non discriminatory education and training;
- Allocate sufficient resources for and monitor the implementation of educational reforms;
- Promote lifelong education and training for girls and women.
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