Quality Education: Transforming the Lives of Girls & Women in Latin America
19 September 2014, 18:00 – 20:00
Museum of Women – República de Bolivia 17, entre Brasil y Argentina, Col
Quality Education: Transforming the Lives of Girls & Women in Latin America
19 September 2014, 18:00 – 20:00
Museum of Women – República de Bolivia 17, entre Brasil y Argentina, Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06020, México, D.F.
LATIN AMERICAN EXPERTS AGREE THAT THERE IS STILL MUCH TO DO IN WOMEN AND GIRLS’ EDUCATION
On 19 September 2014, IFUW, representatives from UN Women, the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), the Mexican Federation of University Women (FEMU) and the Women’s Museum, Mexico City, held a seminar on “Quality Education: Transforming the lives of girls and women in Latin America”. They explored the challenge of creating access to quality education for girls and women in the region. Panelists concurred that although progress has been made in education coverage in the region, the quality of education is still precluded by social, cultural and economic conditions.
Danièle Castle, IFUW Executive Director, outlined that in Latin America, women represent 55% of the total