Obstacles to girls enrolling in or completing school include harmful practices such as early marriage and pregnancy, gender stereotyping and gender-based violence, as well as discrimination in the learning environment that overlaps with poverty and geographic isolation, as well as wider forms of injustice against women and girls.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Was this discrimination the result of some universal, innate tendency or were preschoolers subtly learning about discrimination?

WSJ: In Children, Bias Blooms Chillingly Early | Mind & Matter

Even today, fear of discrimination keeps Americans from learning their HIV status, disclosing their status, and accessing medical care.

WHITEHOUSE: Toward AIDS 2012: Fighting Discrimination Against People with HIV/AIDS | The White House

Given that racism, xenophobia and intolerance persists despite the renewed commitments made by the international community, UNESCO continues to advocate for education as key to strengthen the foundations of tolerance, reducing discrimination and violence and learning to live together.

UNESCO: Human Rights Education in Scotland

Paskoff is president and chief executive officer of Atlanta-based ELI, which provides harassment, discrimination, ethics and wage and hour compliance learning solutions.

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However, there are still many pockets of actual or potential exclusion: children who enter the educational system late, who repeatedly fail, who do not benefit from learning experiences that allow them to develop their capacities and who encounter discrimination.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

It fights discrimination against indigenous languages, strengthens the cultural identity of indigenous people, and opens up possibilities for lifelong learning.

UNESCO: Bilingual Literacy and Reproductive Health