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.
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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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