Atlas
The Umeed Atlas
A map built for understanding: indicators, historical progress, local organisations and stories of resilience, region by region.
The Umeed Atlas
A map for understanding, not ranking.
Explore education, health, economic participation and equality indicators by region. We do not score countries or reduce complex histories to a league table — we offer context, progress and the people leading it.
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Region
South Asia
A region of rapid educational expansion alongside persistent gaps in health access and economic participation.
- Girls' secondary enrolment
- Rising steadily
- Skilled birth attendance
- Improving
- Labour force participation
- Uneven by district
ProgressFemale literacy in the region has more than doubled since 1990.
Notable leadershipCommunity health workers who have reshaped rural maternal care.
Local organisationsLocal school-retention collectives and menstrual health networks.
A century of movement
1948
Equal rights affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
1979
CEDAW adopted — a global framework for women's rights.
1995
The Beijing Platform sets a shared agenda for education and health.
2015
Gender equality named a standalone global development goal.
Today
Youth-led movements reframe dignity, data and storytelling.