Minorities also suffer. In Mexico, illiteracy rates of indigenous people are five times the national average, and school enrolment rates for this group are 20 per cent lower than the national norm. Girls account for two-thirds of the children not in school. Despite government commitments to close the gender gap, it is widening in many countries. For example, Ethiopia has one of the lowest rates of enrolment in the world, and one of the largest gender gaps.
All countries have to do more to close the gap between boys and girls in school.
In many schools in the developing world, the treatment of girls is tantamount to a system of apartheid. Campaigns Policy . Fair Trade .