Just as equality between genders is of the utmost relevance, gender balance among scientists is an essential condition for scientific development.

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Under this theme, UNESCO will highlight the need to expand educational opportunities and outcomes for rural women and girls as both a fundamental human right and an essential condition for sustainable development.

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It is a basic right and an absolute condition for reaching all the internationally agreed development goals.

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These objectives form a necessary condition for the achievement of the internationally agreed development objectives, including all Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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However, in each new village it enters, GPFA goes to the village elders and listens to their specific wants and needs, and in return for training and saplings, GPFA always has one condition: women must be active participants and beneficiaries in the enterprise development programs.

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