10. Universal access to education with an emphasis on primary education for girls and literacy training for women

Progress made: Decreasing overall gender gap in primary education with regional variants, decreasing overall adult illiteracy from 25% to 20%

6% difference in male/female enrolment and attendance for primary ed.

3% difference in male/female enrolment and attendance for primary ed.

Regional variants: Middle East and North Africa have halved the gender gap to 7 percentage points. South Asia has reduced the gender gap by 6 percentage points. Sub-Saharan Africa has not seen any significant change in the gender gap.