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UNESCO and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) have published a new World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education that illustrates the participation of girls and boys in pre-primary, primary, secondary, and tertiary education. The data show that there has been significant progress towards gender parity since the 1970s. Two thirds of all countries have reached gender parity in primary education but at the secondary level of education girls are still lagging behind. In some countries, girls have the advantage with regard to access to and completion of education. At the tertiary level, female students outnumber male students in many high-income countries. The atlas is divided into eight chapters that contain a total of 28 maps and close to 100 charts and tables: Increased worldwide demand for quality schooling Girls’ right to education Enrolment and gender trends: primary education Enrolment and gender trends: secondary education Enrolment and gender trends: tertiary education T...