The Importance Of Women In Education

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

When you educate a young girl, she has fewer children, she takes better care of her children, she marries at an older age, and she also contributes to her country's economy. Therefore, why is the education of women so greatly underestimated in many parts of the world? This is a question that has caused many individuals to take action against the act of prohibiting a woman the right of receiving an education. To begin with, education enables parents, and the rest of society, to see the value of a girl. As stated in the film Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, "Educate a girl, and she can change the world around her." Education acts as a safe haven for many young women and as an opportunity of having an advancement

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

Many families only allow their daughters to attend all-girls schools close to their home and not many of these schools exist. Other families believe it is unnecessary for girls to be educated because the woman’s place is at home, not in the economy. “Life as an Afghan Woman” explains, “Schools for girls have been burned down, hundreds of teachers educating girls have been threatened or killed,...[and] physically harmed…. Only forty percent of Afghan girls attend elementary school, and only one out of twenty girls attend school beyond sixth grade.” Education has been presented to girls, but because of the lack of girls attending, this advancement of women’s education has not made as large of an impact as anticipated. Central Statistical Organization states “Based on the data of Statistical Yearbook 2014, the total numbers of civil servants of the government are 398,195 persons of which, 77.8 percent male and 22.2 percent are females.” Women have much less involvement in government and it is rooted from the lack of education received by the women as a young girl. A 2014 data analysis from the Central Statistical Organization shows in the “Zabul province in terms of girls’ enrolment in school is at the lowest level as girlboy ratio is 22/78.” Education equality has long suffered throughout Afghanistan due to the results of a patriarchal society, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t looking up in the

Barack Obama once said “The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.” This message is not only relevant in the United States. In fact, it has even stronger meaning in Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 28 million girls are out of school (Camfed). It is important to raise awareness of the lack of education for girls in Africa because educated women are healthier, educated women can raise a country’s gross domestic product, and educated women can advocate for themselves.

“Teenage girl Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking up about girls education.” This was what most headlines in October 2012 consisted of. Millions of girls are denied an education globally. Their lives are changed at such a young age as most are forced into arranged marriages. Malala wasn’t silenced by a bullet, she spoke out. Girls education is being denied around the world and is being addressed because women’s rights matter.

If you ask social experts how to end worldwide poverty, they will tell you to educate teens especially girls. Per capita, if the social income goes up, mortality goes down, if economic growth increases, the rate of disease falls. For a nation to become more successful and more powerful, females have to be one of their greater sources; getting them educated and trained. There is a lesson out there in the world that a young lady by the name of Malala Yousafzai, a Pashtun girl from Pakistan shares with the world. Malala grew up with an uneducated and illiterate mother. Malala grew up in her father’s school and one day in October, a Taliban fighter jumped onto the school bus and demanded who was Malala and found her and shot her in the head point blank for speaking out her right to attend school. “I Am Malala: “The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” by Malala Yousafzai. This book would be recommended for anyone wanting or interested in women’s rights and movements. Not only is this a drama that keeps you on the edge of your seat but it has an amazing message about how strong a female can be.

Gender bias is a huge barrier that prevent girls from gaining knowledge at schools. That is the reason why illiteracy rate of female is increasing. In some countries, especially, in Asia, prior generations usually consider that girls don’t have to access with high education because their main responsibility is being wives. The generations argues that female’s task is housework, so they don’t need to get educational certificates in order to apply for a job. Because of the gender bias, girls have no chance to get knowledge from school and become illiterate

Girls are not getting the proper education they need to succeed in life because of financial and gender

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

In the field of comparative education, analysing the ways in which teaching and learning can be gendered is an important topic of discussion. Recent studies surrounding girl’s schooling in the developing world, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, raise questions about the relevant of gender parity as a means to obtain educational equality. The number of out-of-school children consisted of disproportionately of girls in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, comparativists often use quantitative data to analyse the female-to-male ratios on enrollment, access, and educational achievement. The Millennium Development Goals (2000) also focused on increasing access to primary school (Goal 2), and eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary schooling (Goal 3). Yet, such quantitative data does not reveal whether gains in enrollment translate into gains to the social status of women’s livelihood in developing countries.

Many girls throughout the world are prevented from receiving an education against their will, and must instead fulfill their set gender role in society. As described in I am Malala, Girls are seen as lesser than men, and are put at an unfair starting point in life. Education for girls is important, as it is imperative to treat girls with fairness and allow them the same rights as men. This could benefit a country’s wealth and society, showing how it is illogical to keep girls from an education. Girls in the Middle East have limited rights to education, preventing countries from benefiting from an improved economy and living standards.

“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

Throughout history it is seen that as our society has grown, there has been a great deal of emphasis placed on education. Once people are better educated, one tends to succeed more efficiently at our goals and gain a better understanding of the earth’s environment and ecosystems. However, depending on who a person’s background, he/she may be denied the opportunities to learn and experience the life they are given. That is the case for many bright and capable young women around the world who are declined their opportunity of education due to narrow minded thinking. The lack of education for girls is a serious problem that needs to be addressed with better solutions such as creating more awareness, fundraising, and supporting girls to fight for their education; needless to say, these solutions must be implemented to help decrease the drastic numbers of uneducated girls around the world.