No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project

Only 32% of constitutions protect girls’ rights to attend secondary school

While 71 percent of national constitutions protect girls’ access to primary education, few countries protect girls’ rights to attend middle and high school (secondary education). Cost is also a significant barrier to girls’ education. Though nearly all countries have made primary school tuition-free, a quarter of countries still charge tuition for secondary school.

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Millions of women need family planning

Closing gender gaps can advance global development

See the gender gap in the workforce

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Girls from low-income families receive the least schooling

Child marriage stands in the way of girls' education

Millions of girls are missing. Why?

1 in 4 girls was married before her 18th birthday

Female entrepreneurs are on the rise

Young men can end the cycle of domestic violence

It’s time to unleash girls’ potential in STEM

We don’t have enough female executives

Four million die from unsafe cooking conditions every year

Women are still gaining the right to vote in 2015

We need more data on women and girls

More mothers survive childbearing today

Data measure gains and gaps