Review of a decade of gender mainstreaming in education in Indonesia

In the last decade, Indonesia has come a long way in improving gender equity, in promoting gender equality, and in mainstreaming gender in our legislation, policies, strategies and programs. In education, it is well known that substantial progress has been made in closing gender gaps in participation. Indonesia is on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals for universal primary education and gender parity. Gender parity has now been largely achieved at all levels of the education system, and there is parity in literacy rates for our young people (15-24 age group). We are confident that the foundations for equitable access are firmly established, and we are determined that gender equity will be maintained. At the same time we continue to strive to eliminate some remaining pockets of inequity – for example, lower girls’ enrolment in some Eastern regions, and persistent drop out for boys, particularly among the poor, at senior secondary level