The main theme of the 1995 Report is the education of women and girls. In virtually all countries, educational opportunities for females have tended to be more limited than those for males. Although the actual situation varies from country to country, this basic imbalance in the upbringing of men and women has undoubtedly had consequences for the form and character of social cohesion in every society, affecting human solidarity at the fundamental level.
   The Report examines global trends and developments in female access to formal education in both industrial and developing countries, focusing in particular on male-female disparities and ‘gaps’ in key indicators (literacy rates, enrolment ratios, years of schooling, school retention and drop-out, fields of study), as well as on girls’ experience of the educational process itself (pedagogy, testing, assessment, etc.) and on the relationship between this process and adult life chances.
   The Report closes with a brief review of the various measures being taken in different countries to teach those principles of peace, human rights and democracy that finally must form the fabric of human solidarity at the global level.

174 pp., 29.7 x 21 cm, tables and figures 
ISBN 92-3-103180-5

The World Education Report 1995 is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.