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5 snapshots of girls' education in the Muslim world

3. Yemen

Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Girls take the final examination of their primary school in Sanaa June 25, 2013. The final examination is held during the 9th grade of primary education in Yemen.

  • By Noelle Swan Correspondent

Yemen has one of largest gender gaps in the world. Less than a third of the nation’s secondary school-aged girls were enrolled in school, while nearly half of eligible boys were enrolled in secondary school in 2011, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 

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