MDG 3: Promote Gender Equity
The Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
What Do We Want To Achieve?
◾To eliminate gender inequality in education at all levels
What Have We Already Achieved?
◾We have achieved parity in access to primary education for boys and girls
◾In 2012, women occupied 19.7% of the seats in single or lower houses of national parliaments
◾117 countries have passed laws regarding wage equality
What Challenges Remain?
◾Only 9 of the 151 heads of state and 11 of the 192 heads of government are women
◾Women represent two-thirds of the illiterate population in the world
◾More than half of the women who work have unstable or vulnerable work conditions