The Lack Of Education And Global Inequalities In Kenya

Maternal mortality, prostitution, and economic empowerment become global struggles due to lack of education and financial ability of both the country itself and individuals living in these countries. Families are following a pattern by neglecting to dedicate time, attention, and money to their children’s education. These people are living in the moment and do not

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

About 1.4 billion human beings around the world-one in five people- are at risk of absolute poverty. Although the economy has sustained a slow recuperation in 2012, poverty rates for most groups were identical from 2011, leaving poverty among women and children at or near historically high levels. Poverty rates for women and children are higher than poverty rates for men and especially higher for women of color, women who are the head of the family, foreign-born, and women 65 and older living alone. The big gender gap has been unchanged for the decade, undermining women’s ability to support themselves and their families. Difference in rates of employment and single parenthood, education and age groups play key roles in such gender gaps in poverty.

Oxfam International role as an international organization is advocating for transformational change, by opening political space, raising funds, public support, sharing technical expertise and providing strategic funding to partners and carrying out humanitarian work that saves lives. Its main role is freeing people from the injustice of poverty. It has proved this by working with the most vulnerable communities in Kenya and in the slums of Nairobi. In times of natural disasters and crisis it has had a great record of humanitarian relief assistance to those affected, through the delivering of water and sanitation, food, shelter, and security that are needed in emergencies. It also establishes emergency responses locally and reinforcement of

The education system in both of these countries are different, and the number of graduates may vary. The Kenyan government decrees that all citizens have equal rights to compulsory basic education, but the tradition and customs state differently. Most traditions in Kenya considered taking girls to school as a waste of time and money, so they opt to marry them out at a tender age. For example, women in rural areas who strictly follow the customs don’t easily get access to basic education and can’t voice their rights, compared to the urban women, who have got access to everything and voice their rights to anyone who cares to hear. In Kenyan, both boys and girls study together under the co-educational system, which shows that 85% of primary-secondary female students attend more school then male students, and 75% of these women end up in workforce. However, women in the U. S have the ability to get the same education as men. Despite the fact that most people complete elementary school, and majority go on to complete high school. In the U. S only 15% of female students graduate compare to 65% of male students. Both men and women complete higher education at the same rate but it’s your hardwork that and determination that will pull you through. Women in the U.S make up half of the workforce and work in the same field as men, and their percentage is increasing every

Around the world, women and children aren’t able to have the same basic rights as men. Unfortunately, the problem of inequality is broader. Inequality is often extreme against women and is part of their daily lives. Inequality is often justified by men as part of their culture or religion. Women and children face brutal situations each day. Harsh acts like child labor, slavery, forced marriage, and prostitution are suffered by millions. Child labor is full-time employment of children who are under the minimum legal age. Throughout the world, an estimated number of 218 million children were working in 2006. Children are bought and sold, forced into prostitution or

I was shocked about was the number of women that weren’t given the chance that men are to receive a decent education. I would assume that families would want what is best for their own children, including the girls. Just speaking broadly, we need to not just teach one group of people to change the world. We need to teacher all that are willing to learn. In my times going into the school, the children who don’t have much at home seem to be the ones who are willing to work harder than the ones that are given everything and don’t feel the need to work as hard. Once I started to get into the swing of things in this course, I found myself questioning my outside experiences when I was in Peru and Zambia. During both trips I went to schools and I was helping teach the students English. It wasn’t until now that I realized that the ratio’s between girls and boys was off. There were more boys going to the schools and when my groups would drive by the houses, I would see the girls there doing simple chores and looking after their younger

Although they have been given more rights and equality, women still lack fairness in areas such as education, domestic abuse, crime, and lower class value. Cassandra Clifford states in her article “Are Girls still marginalized? Discrimination and Gender Inequality in Today’s Society”, “Woman and girls are abused by their husbands and fathers, young girls are exploited by sex tourism and trafficking, girls in many countries are forced into arranged marriages at early ages. Twice as many women are illiterate as men, due to the large gap in education, and girls are still less likely to get jobs and excel in the work place than boys.” She describes some of the issues that women face today around the world. These issues are what keep society from coming together to form a better world.

“Worldwide, women remain disadvantaged relative to men. In developing countries, women typically have higher mortality rates, particularly in infancy, in early childhood, and in the reproductive ages (the “missing women” syndrome); lower levels of education and literacy; and lower pay in formal employment.”

Some of the world’s poorest countries, with some of the highest child labor and illiteracy rates lie in Sub Saharan Africa. People generally associate the region only with poor economic conditions and all of the social disorder that goes along with 3rd World Status. While some of this reputation is deserved, many people are also failing to see the vast potential for this part of the world. There are several factors that African governments should look into if they want to effectively and efficiently revamp this areas quality of life. One way to do so is by improving the more crucial aspects to healthy functioning region, for example, allowing children to possess their natural rights to a decent education. This could influence an increase

Inequality, poverty and social protection: inequality in Kenya has decreased a lot in recent years there are many types of inequality in Kenya such as income inequality, life expectancy inequality, unemployment inequality between men and woman and education inequality. For example in Kenya education inequality is good nearly every child in the central province has an education and attends school however only one out of every 3 children in the north eastern province attend primary school which is still low. Another inequality is the unemployment inequality between men and woman there is 274,000 unemployed women compared to 73,000 men. , F. V. (2012) Heifer international | charity ending hunger and poverty. Available

Allowing women, the access to education is a problem in developing countries. For instance, illiteracy is highest amongst females. In more than twenty developing countries, illiteracy amongst women exceed 70%. In countries such as Niger where 78% of women are uneducated, Liberia where 77% of women are uneducated, and the country with the highest percentage of uneducated women in the world, Somalia with 95% of women are uneducated, the access to education for women is minimum and often frowned upon what is offered. Therefore, having negative effects on the country politically, socially, and economically as I have previously

Another third world country that is economically struggling is Kenya. It is one of the most unequal countries of the sub-region where forty two percent of the population suffer from poverty. From the years 2005 to 2006, 47% of Kenya’s population was poor, 46% was living in food poverty and 20% was in severe poverty, (Abdulai, 2011). Even though the percentage of those living under the poverty line decreased from 1997 to 2006, unfairness and poverty in certain areas was still unescapable. Just like India, several people reside in the rural areas in Kenya where agriculture is the main source of income that everyone is dependent on, however, there is food and poverty insecurities here because of the persistent droughts that damage the crops. On the other hand, this drastically reduces the income of the family, making it hard to afford the basic necessities of life. Because of these conditions that the Kenyans live under, the children lack a proper education because they are forced to work to help provide for the family. only 50% of boys and 35% of girls attend school after age of 16. And only 3% of those continue to tertiary education, (Poverty in Kenya, 2011). Along with that, those who are extremely poor, can’t even afford and education so they end up going directly into the work force. There are several issues in Kenya that fuel child labor. Some of the problems include: poverty in various regions, violence, traditional practices, and HIV/AIDS, which has orphaned numerous

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN KENYA DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE PLIGHT OF THE GIRL-CHILD

In assessing the contribution of CEDAW to the development, promotion and protection of women’s human rights, the focus will be on a few countries that have made significant progress economic and social rights of women, as well as a few that requires stronger laws and practices in order to ensure gender equality, both de jure and de facto. The rights associated with gender equality encompass various issues but some of the African countries managed to address them through legislative change, civil advocacy, cooperation and partnership with development organizations. The special measures such as quotas in government and education, primary education for girls and gaps in their post-primary education, equal rights in marriage, women 's access to family planning and reproductive health clinics, women 's access to legal aid and justice, equal pay and employment.