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Gender parity

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Gender parity concerns relative equality in terms of numbers and proportions of women and men, girls and boys, and is often calculated as the ratio of female-to-male values for a given indicator.

Source:
European Institute for Gender Equality, Glossary and Thesaurus (website, accessed 12/2022)

Purely a numerical concept. Reaching gender parity in education implies that the same proportion of boys and girls - relative to their respective age groups - would enter the education system and participate in its different cycles.

Source:
UIS, UIL Glossary, (accessed 12/2022)
UIS, UIL Glossary, (accessed 12/2022)
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