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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sarah Johnson

Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’

A protester dressed as bishop in a night-time march
A 2019 protest in Warsaw against plans to ban sex education in Polish schools. In Chile, Catholic schools stress the importance of wives being submissive. Photograph: Maciej Luczniewski/Getty

Extreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools around the world as part of a coordinated and well-funded attack on gender equality, according to a new report.

Well-known conservative organisations aim to restrict girls’ access to education, change what is on the curriculum, and influence educational laws and policies, according to Whose Hands on our Education, a report by the global affairs thinktank ODI

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