2025 Gender Report
The 2025 Gender Report presents the latest data showing progress made towards achieving gender parity across all levels of education.
A companion to the 2024/5 GEM Report, Lead for Learning, this gender edition shows that, despite the strides in gender equality in education access and learning, gender disparities persist globally across primary, secondary and tertiary education institutions, and policy making bodies. Notably, women's visibility in leadership diminishes steadily as one moves up the educational ladder, a pattern broken only at the early childhood level.
This report questions why and where the barriers to female leadership lie. It examines the implications of gender disparities in education leadership, addressing the age-old question of whether women and men lead the same way. It looks at the pipeline to education leadership for women and provides five key recommendations for a way forward.
Ultimately, effective educational leadership transcends gender. The report calls for countries to foster leaders, regardless of gender, who champion vision, instruction, collaboration, and teacher support. Embracing these core dimensions is the key to unlocking the transformative power of education and achieving genuine gender equality across the entire system.
