UNDP Reports
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Human Development Report 2011

UNDP Annual Report 2011

The Millennium Development Goals Report

National Reports
MDGs Yemen 2010

Yemen Poverty Assessment Report 2007

MDG Progress in Yemen


Goal Three: Promote gender equality and empower women

Target One: Eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015

Will this target be achieved?

Despite an increase in female enrolment rates since 1990, male enrolment rates remain higher.

The following issues are hindering Yemen’s efforts to achieve this MDG:

• Poverty forces many girls to leave education;
• Drop-out rates are high among girls;
• Early marriage and pregnancy is common;
• There is a lack of female teachers;
• There is a lack of awareness about the importance of girls education;
• There is a lack of proper training opportunities and facilities for women; and
• Cultural believes about gender roles impede girls’ access to education.


 

Last Modified on 15/03/2011 01:03 am

Did you know?

Girls’ education is strongly associated with better welfare at the individual, family and school levels. It is a central means to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty.

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