Gallopedia Highlights- Week # 117

Dated 25 April- 1 May, 2010

This week's report consists of 23 surveys. 3 of these are multi-country surveys while the rest are national surveys.

ASIA zone- 1 national poll and 2 Global polls covering:
Middle East & N.Africa: Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Jordon, Lebanon,

West Asia: Turkey

South Asia: Pakistan,

South East Asia- Indonesia,

North East Asia: Hong Kong,

AFRICA zone- 0 national polls & 2 Global Polls covering:

West Africa: Nigeria,

EURO-AMERICAS zone-19 national polls and 1 Multi-Country Poll & 1 Global poll covering:
East Europe- Russia,

West Europe- UK, France,

North America- U.S.A, Canada
Latin America- Brazil,

Subjects covered include:
Politics and Elections
Political economy

International Security
Governance

Social issues/ Health and Disease

Migration

Environment

Commentary on Gallopedia Polls Week # 117

8 of 8 - Educating Boys and Girls in the Muslim World

In all eight predominantly Muslim nations surveyed in 2009 a strong majority say it is equally important to educate girls and boys. This opinion is shared by more than eight-in-ten in Lebanon (96%), Indonesia (93%), Turkey (89%), Pakistan (87%) and the Palestinian territories (85%). Very few in any of these countries say education is more important for either boys or girls. In Egypt (16%) and Jordan (19%) a considerable number say it is more important to educate boys, but in both countries (12% in Egypt and 15% in Jordan) comparable percentages say it is more important to educate girls. Only among Nigerian Muslims do far more say it is more important to educate boys (29%) than say it is more important to educate girls (2%); still a majority (68%) says girls and boys should be educated equally. Egalitarian views are somewhat more widespread than in 2007 in Pakistan (+13 percentage points) and the Palestinian territories (+11 points).

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