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Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015.
• The developing countries as a whole have achieved the target to eliminate gender disparity in primary, secondary and tertiary education.
• Globally, about three quarters of working-age men participate in the labour force, compared to half of working-age women.
• Women make up 41% of paid workers outside of agriculture, an increase from 35% in 1990.
• The average proportion of women in parliament has nearly doubled over the past 20 years.
• Women continue to experience significant gaps in terms of poverty, labour market and wages, as well as participation in private and public decision-making.
– By UN
