25 years of uneven progress: Despite gains in education, world still a violent, highly discriminatory place for girls

Two and a half decades after the historic Beijing women’s conference, violence against women and girls still not only common, but accepted

Shushmita Rani and her friend Binky at primary school in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

NEW YORK, 4 March 2020 – More girls are going to school and staying in school than ever before, but remarkable gains in education have made little headway in helping shape a more equal, less violent environment for girls, UNICEF, Plan International and UN Women warned today in a new report.