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Recent Activity

  • In the News

    We’ve really seen considerable progress in getting more girls into school over the past two decades. In fact, the gap between girls and boys has been narrowing considerably. Today, of the 57 million children of primary school-age not in school, 53 percent are girls. It’s still more than 50 percent, but that number is closing.

    August 26, 2013, Jenny Perlman Robinson , Camfed
  • In the News

    There are a crop of people at the bottom of the barrel still that are not being affected by the progress that’s being made [in the goal of universal access to primary education for all children].

    April 22, 2013, Rebecca Winthrop, New York Times
  • Expert Q & A | Rebecca Winthrop

    Promoting Girls' Education in India

    January 14, 2013, Rebecca Winthrop and Urvashi Sahni

  • In the News

    Just as the Taliban scare us [Pakistanis] with terror, we must scare them by making them unable to operate. We must terrorize them by investing more than ever before in educating girls.

    October 12, 2012, Madiha Afzal , CNN
  • In the News

    Even if education is interrupted for just a few months, it can be difficult to get children back into schools. Just a daily gathering of teachers and students to read together or discuss the fragile situation around them — this sense of regularity helps.

    October 5, 2012, Rebecca Winthrop, CNN
  • Podcast

    @Brookings Podcast: The Education Crisis in Developing Countries

    August 12, 2011, Rebecca Winthrop

  • Podcast

    @ Brookings Podcast: Pakistan's Islamic Schools

    August 13, 2010, Rebecca Winthrop