Promote Gender Equality
 Consistent with trends in most developing countries, women and girls in the Lao PDR experience a lower general status of living than men. Goal 3 calls on countries to ensure that girls have equal access to education by 2015 and to improve empowerment of women. The Lao PDR still has many gender disparities. Women and girls continue to be disadvantaged in terms of access to educational opportunities. Fewer girls than boys are enrolled in school, and the proportion falls steadily as the level of education increases. In the Lao PDR the status of women and girls' education, health, and income opportunities is generally poorer in rural areas and more so among ethnic groups. Although the government of the Lao PDR has subscribed to the Beijing Platform for Action and other gender related conventions, gender mainstreaming still remains a challenge. While the NGPES proposes to mainstream gender more fundamentally, specific support to the relevant institutions will be necessary to achieve this.
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Lao PDR