The Current Male Of Female Literacy Ratio

Education surrounds partially the entire world. Children, women, and men all attend school in America to build knowledge in order to find a job and make money. However, there are some places around the world where only men have access to education. For instance, Pakistan; located in South Asia, numerous amount of girls do not receive the education like other girls in America. This is specifically a problem for children, especially girls in Pakistan because they are not going to school like the girls in America, achieving the same level of education. Instead, they are seen as weak and are restricted from doing many things that men are allowed to do, like playing sports, going to school, participating in public events, and even being seen in public. Malala, a girl from Pakistan, sees the educational inequality where she lives and decides to fight for her educational freedom. Malala’s establishes her emotional appeals, credibility, and statistics to promote education for children in Pakistan by revealing her struggles fighting for

Society in Pakistan is one that is by tradition male-dominated. Men are the breadwinners for their family, they are the ones with jobs, and they have say in the government. Women, meanwhile, are limited to a domestic lifestyle in which they are the caretakers for children and rarely are seen alone in public. Because of these roles, the education of girls is much less of a concern, leading to many women going to school for little, if any, time.

Females are discriminated against, mistreated, and are valued less since women and girls are not allowed to attend school and higher education. There are approximately 35 million girls not enrolled in elementary school. This explains why two-thirds of illiterate people over the age of 15 are females. Malala Yousefszai is an advocate for girls’ education all over the world. We learned that she was shot by the Taliban for standing up for education when we had to watch the video where she was on The Daily Show. Malala said that men don't want women to get an education, because then women would become more powerful. Having an education brings power. Her father was a great encouragement for her because he spoke out

There is no other option for them as the money is desperately needed to survive. The problem with this? Severely undereducated, these children will grow into teenagers, and then adults with little knowledge of how the economy works. Lacking a degree or even of the lowest level of education, they will struggle to find a sufficiently paying job. The majority will settle down with a spouse of a similar situation, and raise kids in poverty. The cycle will repeat, never allowing families the chance to rise out of poverty. Although the country does not have sufficient funds, it is imperative to the economic growth and eradication of poverty in Pakistan that the government re-allocate available federal funding to assist existing groups that work to narrow the gender gap and provide more quality

Globally women do not have the same chances for an education like other women around the world. Malala Yousafzai is a prime example of women in Pakistan who are not allowed to have a good education like men in her country. As a young child, she defied the Taliban and demanded that all women get a fair education. According to britannica.com Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a man that worked for the Taliban; She was shot due to standing up to them because she wanted equal rights for women to have a good

In the United States, a child needs there education and they’re required to go to school by law. Getting a education for a girl in the middle east is very rare, it all depends on the family. BBC News published a article Muslim Women Struggle for an education, and they asked parents why they did not allow their girls to go to school and they said “because it’s wrong, it’s irreligious, it’s improper- they should stay at home to prepare for their real life, their married life”. The girls have no option and have to obey their parents. A lack of education means that these girls are not going to have the knowledge in order to read, write, and solve mathematic problems . Women in the Middle East are not considered equal with males because the society they live in doesn't accept the idea of them having equal opportunity as male

In most countries, women have less access to education than their male counterparts. According to UNESCO (2013), of the 110 million children out of school in developing nations, 60 percent are girls; women also represent nearly two-thirds of the world's illiterate population. Some countries are even worse than others. Examples include the fact that nine out of ten Afghan women are illiterate, and the shocking truth that only one in twenty attend school beyond the sixth grade. Chad is another prime example of the disparity between men’s and women’s educational standards- only ten percent of Chadian girls have completed elementary school. Women with higher education tend to be healthier, earn more, have fewer children, and provide

One of them being the long term effects that has resulted because of this issue. Because of their education neglection, they lack many basic skills that are needed for work. Reading and writing is needed for many jobs, and if they are illiterate they are unable to perform the assigned tasks. Also, there are some jobs in Pakistan that are specific to women, and because of the lack of skills these jobs are always in need. Another long term effect is that many girls are forced into marriage at a young age. Their lack of education leads them to marry an older working man because according to some Pakistani representatives, girls should be prepared to become 'obedient' wives and mothers rather than be educated (Girl’s Education in Pakistan, 2013). Poverty and debt is another long term effect that many are facing because of their lack of education. Women are unable to get a decent paying job to support themselves or their children if they do not have the skills needed for the job. Historical significance is also seen through the Taliban. They are a group of people who have gained power throughout the years and because of them many actions were created. Undeserved deaths, many bombings and unnecessary violence, strict rules, and banning of ordinary things are just a few (Who are the Taliban, 2015). One last reason that the issue of girl’s education in Pakistan has historical significance to it is that many have been inspired by it. Malala was just the start of it, and it inspired girls and women of all ages in not only Pakistan, but all over the world to fight for their education. Many different organizations are working to help increase the number of girls that attend school all over the world. Some are The Global Business Coalition for Education, A World at School, and The Malala Fund. Marriage-free child zones are also being set up in countries where girls are being married off at a young

Many girls still face barriers to education, including a lack of teachers, poor schools, and even threats of violence. Almost certainly the use of innovative non governmental organization’s(NGO’s) will definitely be prevalent in coming up with a solution, these may include: ‘Teachers Without Borders”, “Room to Read”, “Pratham”, and many others like them. Teachers Without Borders’ for example, is an organization that utilizes online studies, community workshops, and many other approaches to providing information to communities where providing teachers or even safe schools is difficult. Room to Read works to establish libraries, providing books in the native language of the students they reach out to and emphasize the need for a proper understanding of language and grammar. Pratham, another helpful NGO, founded in India has since spread to other countries to help underprivileged learners have access to primary education. As to the matter of contraceptives, there are many NGO’s that do provide it, in fact, the UN even has its own family planning fund that works to provide the necessary money to go into communities and distribute these contraceptives. Governments that do want

In developing countries, education is not a primary concern as most parents are occupied with providing their children with basic needs and resources such as food, clothing, and a roof over their heads, as Arye Hillman and Eva Jenkner, international economists, outline (Hillman and Jenkner). If there is money to spare, boys are first in line to receive education, seeing as women in such countries and cultures are expected to marry young and stay within the house. Malala Yousafzai discusses the situation in her autobiography, I Am Malala : the Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. Malala’s situation was unique because that her father rebelled the norms of restricting education and believed each individual should have the right to be educated. Not only did he recognize the evident right in being educated, but also saw how an educated community or population could improve the current government (Yousafzai 41). Malala’s father understood how educating society would keep the government in check. Looking at education from a different view, most parents do not realize the clear economic advantage to educating their children. As a whole, the more educated the daughters are, the more likely they are to give back to their parents, according to Farzaneh

Through the same process in which eve teasing pushes girls out of education, girls who are harassed are also pushed into marriage, before they are physically or mentally prepared. Half of Bangladeshi girls are married before they reach 15 years old,13 and they usually bear their first child while they are still teenagers. Adolescent girls face the risks of childbirth often without medical care and have a high incidence of maternal mortality. Mothers in aged 15 to 19 face a 20 to 200 percent greater chance of dying in pregnancy than women aged 20 to 24.14 There are further implications of child marriages. Bangladesh

A man that does the laundry, cooks dinner, cleans the house, and takes care of the children willingly, and everyday, while his wife sits and watches television after cracking opening a beer would be seen as quite odd in the current culture of the world. Humans have chosen the patriarchal path, therefore men are seen as superior to women and have been treated as such since the beginning of the human race. This superiority has women locked into the positions of child caretaker, house cleaner, cook, and overall as an object to be owned as property. Women are easier to control and lock into these traditional gender roles if their education is restricted, ergo, girls should not be allowed to participate in school in Afghanistan.

In these countries men pay a dowry to their wife's families, so many poverty stricken families marry their daughters off immediately once they reach puberty to the highest bidder. Religious teachings and principles also pay a huge role in denying young women education. Often the majority of these countries are made up of rural communities where there may only be one school house for all grades in the entire village. Many parents will not allow their daughter to attend the school if the teacher is a male, though sons are allowed to attend regardless of the sex of the teacher. Most poor, rural schools also do not have separate bathrooms and sanitation facilities for girls to use, so after puberty the majority of female students are forced to drop out. A reporter from UNICEF’s story on gender education and equality in Southern Sudan demonstrates this perfectly, “At the primary school here, there are 320 girls in grade 1 but just seven in grade 8. One girl uses a crutch to walk, and I ask a fieldworker about the challenges facing disabled children. He points out that if the girl hadn’t been disabled, most likely from polio, she would probably be married already and would never have had the chance to go to school” (UNICEF). Another tool used against women is fear. Muslim extremist groups like the Taliban are adamantly opposed to

Resistance to uprooting the patriarchal norms in Pakistan, especially in rural areas, is another cause of the lack of education, especially for girls. You can see this resistance in the attacks on teachers and the high rates of illiteracy, especially among women and girls. Balochistan is one of these places where education can be scarce and the dangers are high. “There have also been attacks on teachers, such as one in October, when four female teachers in Quetta had acid thrown at them as they left school” (Girls). Risks like this push teachers away from schools, offering less opportunity to the girls who might have attended, if they had the chance.

Girls in Pakistan face unique challenges and disadvantages: “Two-thirds of Pakistan’s out of school children are girls amounting to over 3 million girls out of school.” (Faheem) Many feel that the reason girls are not getting an education is because they are portrayed as weak and without power in society. Malala says, “There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of a woman.”(Yousafzai 31) In 2010, Pakistan’s government only spent 10% percent of its spending on education, most of the government’s spending is on the military. (EFAGMR) Education for children is not as important as arming children. Just like boys, girls need education because they are our future, they