A failure to achieve gender equality in basic education will result in almost certain failure of the other Millenium Development Goals (MDG's), according to a report that aims to inform campaigning and advocacy work in the North and South on girls' education. The report highlights the progress that has been made in reducing gender gaps in education in the developing world and the size of the challenge that remains. Despite individual success stories, says the report, very large inequalities still exist in the majority of developing countries, and the rate of progress needs to accelerate four-fold to achieve the gender equity goal.