Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Angola	2000/2001	74 est	78 est	69 est	36.9	38.6	35.1

			Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Angola	2000/2001	18 est	19 est	16 est

			Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Angola	1999	0.7	0.9	0.5

			Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Enrolment ratio Primary	Enrolment ratio Secondary	Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary
Angola	1999	0.87	0.77	NI

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.

Activities under UNESCO’s programme

The Director General of UNESCO, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura paid an official visit to Angola from 13 to 15 January 2004, signing an accord for the training of primary school teachers worth US$ 250,000. The Director General’s visit also endorsed a joint programme that includes training of educational planners, managers and statisticians; the reconstruction of cultural heritage; support to scientific institutions and to pluralistic media. The last mentioned is intended to contribute to community participation and democratic citizenship. The multimillion dollar accord to train primary school teachers in poor communities is part of the collaboration between Angola, Japan and UNESCO.

Development Through Radio

Angola was one of the countries benefiting from the Development Through Radio (DTR) project, the aim of which is to supply women’s groups with equipment to produce radio programmes addressing women’s issues, and eventually have their own, women-run radio stations. It has been found to be empowering, especially to women, and therefore indispensable for sustainable development. Women are trained to use equipment and choose the issues of the programme. The project is part of a campaign in which UNESCO works for the abolition of gender discrimination in the media in Africa. While women are empowered through projects such as the DTR, collaboration with local specialized NGOs is sought and Governments are urged to develop policies to ensure women’s participation at all levels of the media to ensure unbiased portrayals of women and their issues.

Argentina

Basic statistics — population and education

			Population in thousands
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Argentina	2000	38 428	18 836	19 592

			Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary 2000
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Argentina	2000/2001	120	120	120	107.5	107.8	107.1

			Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Argentina	2000/2001	97	94	100	79	77	82

			Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Argentina	2001	56.3	45.4	67.4

			Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Enrolment ratio Primary	Net enrolment ratio Secondary	Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary
Argentina	1999	0.97	1.06	1.64

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.

Strengthening local capacities

The Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN) successfully implemented the third Millennium Development Goal in its Itinerant University project. A special training programme on gender perspectives in health is held in cooperation with a local university and a women’s organization and has provided in-situ capacity-building for more than 600 participants in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Peru and Venezuela. The Itinerant University project takes a gender perspective on health issues and combats violence against women.

Bangladesh

Basic statistics — population and education

		Population in thousands
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Bangladesh	2003	146 736	75 238	71 498

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Bangladesh	2000/2001	100	100	101	89	88	90

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Bangladesh	2000/2001	46	45	47	43	42	44

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Bangladesh	2001	6.3	8.3	4.1

		Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Net enrolment ratio Primary	Net enrolment ratio Secondary	Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary
Bangladesh	2000	1.02	1.05	0.55

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.

Women and education

The findings of the Education for All monitoring report show that Bangladesh is one of the countries where gender parity in enrolment improved a lot after fees had been abolished, free meals and uniforms introduced, and teaching materials and childcare facilities for studying mothers improved.

In order to advocate especially girls’ education in the context of Education for All, UNESCO observed a Global Action Week from 3 April 2004 and supported the Belgium-based Global Campaign for Education in organizing the event. On 9 April 2004, the World’s Biggest Lesson, an eye-catching worldwide event in support of girls’ education, reached 50,000 people in Bangladesh.

Dominican Republic

Basic statistics — population and education

		Population in thousands
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Dominican Republic	2000	8 373	4 254	4 119

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Dominican Republic	2000/2001	124est	126est	122est	93est	92est	93est

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Dominican Republic	2000/2001	59est	53est	67est	40est	35est	45est

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Dominican Republic	2000/2001	NI	NI	NI

		Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Enrolment ratio Primary	Enrolment ratio Secondary	Enrolment ratio Tertiary
Dominican Republic	2000/2001	1.02est	1.28est	NI

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.

Women and education — strengthening local capacities

The Dominican Republic was one of the countries benefiting from the capacity-building programmes of the Itinerant University, aimed at empowering women by taking a gender perspective in dealing with health issues.

UNESCO’s activities during the Education for All (EFA) Week in April 2003 included the launch of an education forum under the title “Reinventing the school — what are the options? — Reflection on the future of the Dominican school and education” and a workshop on programming and finalization of an EFA strategic plan. The finalization of the strategic plan was announced at a final press conference by the Minister of Education, Dr. Milagros Ortiz Bosch, the President of the EFA National Forum, Dr. Rafael Toribio, and representatives of UNESCO and the European Union.

During EFA Week, the possible signing of an agreement between the UNESCO Office and the College of Journalists to establish the Club of Journalists Friends of UNESCO, which will promote UNESCO’s values and visions, in particular Education for All, gender equity, non-violence, peace and ethics, was discussed.

Equatorial Guinea

Basic statistics — population and education

		Population in thousands
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Equatorial Guinea	2000	457	225	231

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Equatorial Guinea	1999/2000	131	141	116	79	88	70

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Equatorial Guinea	1999/2000	31est	43est	19est	26est	37est	16est

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Equatorial Guinea	1999	2.7	3.8	1.6

		Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Net enrolment ratio Primary	Net enrolment ratio Secondary	Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary
Equatorial Guinea	1999/2000	0.80	0.43	0.43

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.

Latvia

Basic statistics — population and education

		Population in thousands
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Latvia	2003	2 307	1 058	1 249

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Latvia	2000/2001	100	101	100	92	92	92

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Latvia	2000/2001	91	90	92	87est	87est	87est

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Latvia	2001	68.5	52	85.5

		Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Net enrolment ratio Primary	Net enrolment ratio Secondary	Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary
Latvia	2000/2001	1.00	1.01est	1.65

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.

Malta

Basic statistics — population and education

		Population in thousands
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Malta	2003	394	195	199

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Malta	2000/2001	106	106	106	98	98	98

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Malta	2000/2001	90	91	89	80est	79est	81est

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Malta	2001	24.4	20.4	28.7

		Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Net enrolment ratio Primary	Net enrolment ratio Secondary	Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary
Malta	1999/2000	1.01	1.02est	1.4

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.

Participation programme 2002-2003

Malta took part in the participation programme with a project entitled “Young girls telling their stories: empowering disadvantaged girls by encouraging re‑appropriation of their stories”, initiated by Inizjamed. The aim of this project was to empower girls aged 11 to 15 living in a socially disadvantaged position in historical maritime cities by encouraging them to reappropriate their stories and history in order to understand the historical and cultural context which has led to that situation. They were encouraged to read about society and history in a way that makes them understand the reason for their present disadvantaged state and how to improve their quality of life and living conditions. The aim was to enable marginalized girls to re-enter society and to give them a more positive outlook on the world and their life, which will lead to very concrete improvement of their life. The project was funded by UNESCO and carried out in partnership with The Third World Group, Voluntary Youth Workers, a group of young professionals (teachers, lawyers, psychologists) and Kopin (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali).

Spain

Basic statistics — population and education

		Population in thousands
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Spain	2000	39 910	19 511	20 400

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Primary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Primary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Spain	2000/2001	105	105	105	100	99	100

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) Secondary		Net enrolment ratio (%) Secondary
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Spain	2000/2001	116	113	119	94est	92est	95est

		Gross enrolment ratio (%) at tertiary level
Country	Year	Total	Male	Female
Spain	2001	58.9	53.9	64.2

		Gender Parity Index (%)
Country	Year	Net enrolment ratio Primary	Net enrolment ratio Secondary	Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary
Spain	2000/2001	1.01	1.03	1.15

est: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation.