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Efforts to advance gender equality in and through education are gaining ground globally, with a growing network of governments, civil society, and multilateral partners working together under the Global Platform for Gender Equality in and through Education . Since the 2022 Transforming Education Summit (TES), coordinated action has advanced around evidence-building and accountability, driven by a shared goal of making education systems truly inclusive and transformative.
At the heart of this work is the Global Accountability Dashboard , a flagship initiative of the Platform co-led by UNESCO and UNICEF. Hosted on the Evidence for Gender and Education Resource (EGER) platform, the Dashboard provides insight into how countries and programmes are responding to the TES Call to Action . It connects users to over 750 organizations and more than 1,100 initiatives, tracking 11 TES-aligned indicators across diverse contexts. Since its launch, the Dashboard has been visited more than 4,000 times, becoming a key resource for those working to dismantle systemic barriers in gender equality in education.
The Global Accountability Dashboard offers concrete examples of how gender-transformative education is being put into practice around the world. In Brazil, the Mulheres Mil (Thousand Women) programme supports women from historically marginalized backgrounds to access professional and technological education, helping to dismantle long-standing structural barriers. In Cambodia, Room to Read’s Literacy and Life Skills Program , developed in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, is working to recover learning lost during the pandemic while promoting gender equity in education. In Eswatini, a job shadowing initiative is introducing young women to careers in the energy sector, contributing to a broader effort to increase women’s participation in STEM fields, with support from a Global Platform member, the World Bank.
Complementing these programmatic efforts, Platform partners are also addressing persistent data gaps that hinder progress. AI-assisted analysis of curricula and policy documents is being piloted to gain deeper insight into how gender is represented across education systems. This work aims to inform the development of global indicators that are both meaningful and measurable, and thus assist in the development of tools that will help ensure policies are grounded in evidence and able to drive lasting change.
These advances came into focus during the Expert Group Meeting held at University College London in March 2025. Convened under the Global Platform and co-organized by UNESCO and UCL, the meeting brought together data specialists, researchers, and policy leaders to take stock of achievements to date and define next steps.
“Through the Global Platform and this Expert Group Meeting, we are building the evidence and nourishing the networks needed to make gender equality a lived reality in and through education,” said Elspeth McOmish, Programme Specialist at UNESCO. “Transformative change is only possible when built on collaboration, local ownership and mutual accountability.” Two years after the TES, the Global Platform partners are continuing to deepen collaboration to strengthen gender equality monitoring worldwide for impact.
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