Is Education The Key For Global Empowerment?

Research has shown that investing in the education and financial power of girls and women generates multiple social benefits. Better educated women have higher incomes and raise healthier children. They are more likely to be able to plan the size of their families, and they choose to have fewer children. Women are more likely than men are to use their earnings to support the health and education of their

Access to primary education for women has improved significantly except in some parts of Africa and Central Asia where there is still poor access to educational facilities. This global change occurred because of the goal set by the United Nations to “Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling” (We Can End Poverty 2015) Although this goal has not yet been fully achieved, it has contributed largely to the advances that have been made towards equal education. There are still over 20 influential countries that discriminate against women by preventing them from equal access to education. In these nations, gender inequality in education suppresses the independence, development, and sense of self-worth of women. We, as a well-educated community, need to stand up for the basic human rights of these girls and women by spreading awareness about this issue and supporting organizations that promote equal education for women across the world. Two examples of charitable organizations that support this cause are The United Nations Children's Fund, an organization that provides assistance to children and mothers in developing countries, and Heifer International, a non

There are 62 million girls, and counting, that are not in school; 3.2 billion including both women and little girls. Education is something taken for granted in first world countries, or countries in good development. Still, even in well developed parts of the world there is a huge hole between genders and what is to become of them. A big portion of this goes to the Middle East as we see that women do not have an appropriate part in society. Because of this we see billions of women and girls not going to school to continue their studies; it hurts a portion of boys and men too, but even far greater to the females of this earth. There are various reasons why girls are not allowed to go to school: poverty which leads to young marriage, violence keeps people scared, societies do not give women their respective place, and the countries suffer because they kill their dreams before they come to life.

Throughout centuries gender inequality has been a crucial downfall to women’s education. Till this day women in multiple countries still such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and Morocco are denied the opportunity to pursue an education and are even persecuted if they attempt to. In other countries like Guatemala, poverty is the main factor as to why women are likely to not receive an education because families would rather send their sons simply because he is a boy. Many women in these countries are illiterate because boys are favored to receive an

The proportion of children who are enrolled in primary schools has increased from 49% to 77% in the past decade in sub-Saharan Africa. This increase in enrollment is due mostly to the initiative of the governments from these regions to improve universal primary education. However, much remains to be done because even though enrollment has been made a possibility in a lot of these countries, there are a lot of other variables at play that still prevent children from receiving a quality education. Things such as poverty, cultural traditions, gender violence, and the incidence of early marriage are a major reason for disadvantaged groups, particularly poor girls, not making as much progress in enrolling

Western countries like us North Americans take education for granted and we don’t realize how fortunate we are. We complain about attending classes and completing our homework, while there are many girls fighting for our privilege. Are you aware that there are still many countries where girls don’t have access to education? `Education is an essential human right that developing countries such as India, Pakistan,Afghanistan were intended to have access to already! This resembles as one breathes, eats, and drinks. I fully agree with the UNESCO research, which demonstrates that education transforms lives. Unfortunately, this transformation seems to be unacceptable for many in developing countries. They desire women to be dependent, enslaved, and

Many girls in the Middle East are prevented from receiving an education due to economic and social pressures.

“A girl on planet earth has a one in four chance of being born into poverty.” (Martin Ravalion and Shaohua Chen) Girls who are born into poverty are less likely to go to school, but they can rise above that and go to school if they had the opportunity. They don’t have the opportunity due to many reasons whether the family can’t afford it so they send their son, or they are not allowed to be educated. The enrollment gap between boys and girls who are enrolled in school is abound. Many intrepid people including Malala Yousafzai and Suma are working to get girls an education and/or out of poverty. If girls had the chance to be educated they would make a big impact on their countries by playing a role in the economy, reduce the amount of girls

According to Madeline Kennedy- Macfoy’s article “Standing up for Girl’s Education on Malala Day,” organizations such as the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Government of Pakistan hold many events to recognize the importance of education all around the world; yet women and girls in Afghanistan and other areas in the world still receive the least amount of education. According to “Education: A Human Right For Girls” by Michele Clark and Larisa Warhol, one hundred twenty-three million people still lack basic reading and writing skills and girls comprise sixty-one percent of that number. Girls get primary education, but when it comes to shaping their future, the secondary or higher levels are no longer available (Clark and Warhol 8). Even girls in primary school in countries all over Africa “have less than a 50% chance of completing primary school” (GCE 6). In 2009, primary school attendance in Pakistan “was only 66 percent” (Clark and Warhol 7). Global Campaign for Education states “…two thirds of the world’s 796 million non-literate adults are women…” (GCE 7). In Pakistan, “four in ten women over the age of fifteen can read and write, compared to 70% of men” (GCE

To begin with, the poor education system is considered to be a major barrier to economic development. Despite the massive advance in education methods and ways of teaching around the globe, education systems in the sub-Saharan region suffer from various setbacks and failures which have negatively affected economic growth. One of the major issues in this area is the high rate of out-of-school children. Recent statistics published by UNESCO (2014) indicate that there are about 57 million children worldwide who are of school age but not attending school- in which sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than 50%; most of them are girls. The report also indicates that the number of youth who are not enrolled

Gender inequality throughout the world will not start to improve unless we start at the source of the issue. Overall there are many gender inequalities that are geared towards women that will not start to change unless they are corrected at a young age. Girls and women are proven to be disadvantaged in education systems in most parts of the world (“UNESCO Joins Partners…”). Some people argue that gender equality is not the biggest issue in the world because boys also can be disadvantaged. For example, of the boys that are out of school in South and West Asia, 16% of them are unlikely to ever start school (“Girls’ Education and…”). While there are cases in some parts of the

Educating women is a catalyst to many other major social justice issues. It is the ultimate solution to sustainable living and development. In many countries women with so much potential remains unrecognized because of lack of education. The reasons for selecting the issue are all interconnected.

Approximately 75 million children around the world have no opportunity to attend primary school. Of the 75 million, most of them are girls due to tradition or parents that hold them back from attending ("Main Navigation"). Other factors that affect children from going to school is because of conflicts and wars that result in schools to be destroyed and families to flee the country. Lack of education is a growing crisis due to many factors in developing countries but it has the power pull a country out of poverty and make them economically stable and attract other countries to trade, therefore it should be seen as a priority. Developed countries are involved to help countries increase their education because every child should have the

According to an annual report done by the United Nation’s International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) there are approximately 65 million girls around the world being denied their right and civil liberty to education (Tomiuc, 2003). There are many third world countries across the globe that are consumed by poverty and epidemics and a lot of those problems reside in lack of self-knowledge and education. The annual State of the World’s Children report states

Everyday, people talk about major global issues, such as the economy, access to better health care, and education. However, one major issue that still needs to be addressed in particular is access to education for women in various countries. Women’s access to education is more limited in China in comparison to the access to education in the United States, due to the one-child policy and gender bias.