As a result, women continue to have limited access to education compared to their male counterparts.
Equally and perhaps more importantly, the programme has created more educational opportunities for women who often have limited access to education due to entrenched socio-cultural practices.
Overall, a disproportionate majority of people with limited access to education and therefore high levels of illiteracy is found among ethnic minorities and indigenous people living in remote and economically marginalised areas.
It is associated with adverse health outcomes, limited access to education, increased costs relating to medical and legal services, lost household productivity, and reduced income, and there is evidence it is exacerbated in times of crisis, such as emergencies, natural disasters, and violent conflicts.
Although the Philippines has made significant progress towards the provision of Education for All (EFA) and, in turn, achieved high enrolment rates (91.4 per cent) in primary education and high youth and adult literacy rates (94 per cent), pockets of illiteracy and people with limited access to education remain.
The assumption is that the poor have limited or no access to goods as well as limited access to services like education, healthcare, clean water and basic utilities, and they only strive to survive, with much fewer social incentives compared to their wealthy counterparts.
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As a result, socially-disadvantaged groups have limited access to quality education, while some among them fail to attend school at all.
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Immigrant eligibility for some welfare benefits is limited, but access to education and health care is automatic even for those here illegally.
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Despite these impressive gains in primary and secondary education, most Bahraini children, particularly those from poor families, still have limited access to comprehensive and quality early childhood education (ECE) due to: poverty and limited State investment in or support of ECE programmes (in fact, comprehensive early education programmes are non-existent in the country) and the fact that child participation in pre-school classes is largely seen as a luxury.
As in many developing countries, women in Yemen suffer from limited access to healthcare, economic opportunities and education.
This by extension suggests that almost half of the entire population has limited access to basic social services such as health, secure livelihoods and education.
Students currently receive little formal sex education beyond advice to abstain, and have limited access to reproductive health counselling and services.
The Forum will examine the challenges facing youth which impede on their ability to fully contribute to societies: unemployment, gender inequalities, lack of access to education, marginalisation, poverty, discrimination, limited or no involvement in public affairs, etc.
Access to formal financial services is limited for several reasons including cost, proximity, social barriers, education, and appropriateness of product design.
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This lack of access to education can be attributed to a number of socio-economic factors including limited state budget for rural schools and lack of public awareness.
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