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G7 global objectives on girls’ education: Baseline report

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Two global objectives focused on girls’ education

In 2021, the G7 heads of state set and endorsed two global objectives:

• 40 million more girls in school; and

• 20 million more girls reading by age 10 or the end of primary school in low and lower-middle income countries.

These objectives come from the recognition that girls universally face systemic barriers which intersect with poverty, geography, disability and minority status that prevent their access to and benefiting from 12 years of quality education. Yet, education remains their most likely path to empowerment. The two goals, which are derived from and aligned with global and national frameworks for measuring progress on SDG 4, are the milestones that seek to illuminate this path.

This short publication serves as a baseline report to accompany efforts of the G7 Accountability Working Group to monitor progress towards the two global objectives. It presents evidence on low- and lower-middle-income countries’ progress in achieving the two global objectives and what remains to be done.

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