What would be the first thing that you would do if you want to change the world in a better way? One of the possible answer could be to support girls to get an education because there are a million girls around the world who don’t have the opportunity to get an education. And many of them are Muslim girls who live in poor Muslim countries like Nepal, Pakistan, and Afganistan. According to Laura, it is estimated by UNICEF that " about 110 million of children are now out of the school, and more than 60% of those children are girls (Laura 1). In those countries, girls should get an education because it would most likely to improve the economy of the country, help to decrease health problems like STD/HIV and women will be more likely to be independent …show more content…
And males have total power over how society should function as well as their livelihood of their families. Therefore, those countries are more likely to have poor economies because there are no educated women who can help the economy. According to Brookfield "If girls in low-income countries were to learn basic reading skills, 171 million people would be lifted out of poverty" (Brookfield 7) Also, Brookfield states that " Providing girls one extra year of education beyond the average boosts eventual wages by 10-20 percent" (Brookfield 6). It illustrate that educated women has a big impact on income of the family because they will help to their family to get out of poverty by getting an education and by boosting payment wages. Moreover, according to Turner " Verose said once we educate our girls in future they might become a teacher, a doctor or business woman" (Lucas 1). That 's why girls should attend to school and get an education as much as they can because one day they might become a doctor or teacher who will pay tax to the government and increase the income of her family. Laxmi a girl who is from Nepal is a great example to Brookfield and Verose information. Laxmi is a girl who was born in a poor family. Her Parents didn 't let her go to school because of lack of money. Then Laxmi attended to a special free program which called the Gate program. Her friends and she convinced her parents to let her go …show more content…
Also, they will have more to say when it comes to distribute of family income. Moreover, they will send their daughters to school and make opportunity for them to get an education. For example, Verose an educated woman who is from Haiti leading her village 's children and her own daughter to get an education. She states that "Education is only going to make my life better. My parents refused to send me to school when I was young because they needed my help with farming, and I missed out on my dream … Now that I am beginning to read and write, I am realizing my potential as a leader and want to ensure that no children in our village have to miss out on their dreams." (Lucas 1) This was the example of an educated woman who realized the power of an education. And that 's why she is educating her own daughter including other villagers ' kids. Furthermore, education will help girls to protect themselves and to not believe to strange persons. For example, Sonu Sarki a girl from Nepal had almost lost her life twice because of lack of education. Sonu never been to school instead of studying she worked as child laborer at the age of 9. When she turned 18 a man tricked her to into agreeing to marry her and they left to India to do wedding ceremony. When they came to the border of India a man who promised to marry her told her that
In the article titled “Pashtana’s Lesson” by Beth Murphy, she records the story of a 15 year-old Afghani girl who has a fiery passion for acquiring knowledge and pursuing education, but old traditions oppress her devotion to study. Pashtana is in the 7th grade at an all girls school which has been rejected by the elders in their community, asked to be torn down, or turned into an all boys school. Her mother strongly enforces studies on her children because she never went to school herself and she doesn’t want her children to end up blind to things in the world like her. In order to support her mother and three younger siblings financially, Pashtana is being forced by her uncle and father to marry her first cousin which is not uncommon, the
In Afghanistan, education is not easily attainable especially as a woman. “For girls in much of the country, education remains a dream no more attainable now than it was under the Taliban. If women are educated, that means their children will be too. If the people of the world want to solve the hard problems in Afghanistan--kidnapping, beheadings, crime and even al-Qaeda--they should invest in education”(Baker).This quote explains the struggles that young afghanistan children have to go through by not getting the opportunities that American children get every day. Even after Afghanistan was under the Taliban, it was still rare for children to attend school which is a horrible reality. Education is explained as one Afghanistan's worst problems of this time. Future generations are in trouble if this problem is not fixed. The tragedy that these children are facing needs to evolve towards a better system. Afghanistan’s current educational structure is unacceptable to the growth of children. “It's hard to overstate the amount of work to be done. The literacy rate in the country has dropped below 40 percent for men, and it is believed to be as low as 4 percent for women” (Whitelaw). Though there is clearly a lot of work to be done in the education systems, it is crucial to the well-being of many children that the systems improve to inspire kids that education along with hard work and dedication is essential to future success. This is only one
Imagine a world with no education. It is hard not to imagine a society where no knowledge, no future, or no life. If the world had no education; how will we build our sources? How will life know what is right and what is wrong? How would society know about the stages of life from past, present, and future? Just think how empty the world would be without education. Malala Yousafzai, an activist of woman and children's right of education known for her courageous acts to improve education globally. Malala Yousafzai has positively benefitted modern society by speaking up for her rights of education and by inspiring others to join her to create equality for all.
In today’s society we as humans are aware and accepting of more identities than we ever have been before. Civil rights movements all over the world are advocating for everything from marriage equality, to laws protecting gender-queer people. However, it isn’t perfect. Just as there will always be racists and homophobes, there will always be people who say gender identity is a choice. Well, a study done earlier this year proves those people wrong.
It is well known to most people that many children and even adults around the world do not have access to any form of education, leaving many illiterate and uneducated. However, many like Malala Yousafzai want to put an end to this and give everyone, especially girls, the opportunity to get an education. I chose to read this book because education is something many of us may take for granted and I wanted a better understanding of how girls from around the world learn in different ways. In her memoir I Am Malala, Yousafzai mentions repeatedly her love for learning and going to school even if she has to do it in secret because where she is from, this being Swat, Pakistan, many do not think women should be allowed to learn. Her father
The education system has been changing in recent years and the same problems that existed continue to get worse as years pass. Problems that were seen as minor at first have now grown. How to change the public higher education system has been a major topic of discussion but there has still been no major action taken. We struggle to figure out how much funding is needed for higher education and where it should come from. Our people continue to suffer from an underfunded high cost system. The wealthy minority of people continue to be the only ones accounted for and it is time to change this. We need to adapt to the changes and the costs that continue to rise. It is time to help the struggling middle and lower classes. I believe that the best
...een faced with the challenge on whether to improve the general income of the household or to support the education of their children. We should not turn blind to the situation being witnessed by children who are born in poverty. In as much as their mothers try as hard to provide them with basic needs, they a times become victims of lack of funds making them fail to further their education. We all agree to one fact that women have to work. This is because it is their right to do so. Similarly, working makes the women believe that indeed they have a role to play in nation building. To get things right, we need to support our females, this is because it is the only way that we can make them feel like part of us. The society may have given its support to the wrong horse in the past, but the world has been fair enough to provide us with another opportunity to make amends
Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani girl who is an education activist. Education is the most important thing adults can offer children. One day the children of this generation are going to be the teachers, doctors, and politicians. Children everywhere should receive the benefit of being educated. In the compelling novel I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, she opens the minds of others about about the importance of education within all cultures. The historical background is admissible, and the professional reviews clarify all the importance and power this book holds.
Nelson Mandela once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. It is the very same “legacy of change” that Nelson Mandela used that inspires what Malala Yousafzai does today. At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating for girls’ education. Since this appalling incident, Malala has gone on to be the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, start the “Malala Fund”, that funds education in developing countries, and is currently the figure of women’s rights. Malala has been constantly speaking, advocating and helping women and children acquire the rights they deserve. In her powerful speech to the U.N, she opened the world’s eyes to the truth about education
Rather, there are different characteristics of gender inequality. The World Bank claims that an estimated “130 million girls globally” are not in school, and that developing countries show less percentages of gender parity being achieved at primary and secondary level education than developed countries however, developed countries still haven’t achieved gender parity because there is still gender bias in secondary and higher level education, (2017). Access to education and the development of girls and women’s potential, can be the difference between life and death. Ensuring the right of quality education, for all, is number four on the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ set up by the United Nations (2016). And so, without ensuring gender equity in education, the world’s health and development goals cannot be reached. Educating girls and ensuring that that they receive education not only empowers them, but makes them more productive and thus wind up making a huge contribution to
Throughout the ages in Western Civilization, a double standard for men and women has existed. Although in modern society women have started to level the playing field with men in terms of employment and leadership, but the gender gap in opportunities and in societal views persists. However, women can achieve true equality in society by evolving people’s actions through governmental action.
There was a time in the world when women were without basic rights and required the power to make decisions about their own lifestyle. They weren’t educated to the same standard as men. They weren’t allowed to work, they weren’t even allowed to inherit property. Everything belonged to their husband or family. There were no women in the police force or government and women weren’t even allowed to vote. Men’s power over women often cost their lives , the physical power is obvious. But there is also emotional power. Yet, after many years, women and men are still not equal. Women and girls should be able to lead a free, equal and self-determining life in every corner of the world just like men do so.
Sex education has been a taboo subject for a long time, even out of schools. Usually an ignored topic of discussion, when adults would be asked such questions by younger individuals the answers were usually misinformation and complex euphemisms. This strategy, use merely so the adult avoided embarrassing themselves, would only further confuse the person asking and it would not even answer the original question. Such examples include babies being brought to the parents by a stork, the birds and the bees, and naming the sexual organs after objects. Due to culture, such customs have been hard to get rid of and improve upon, especially with many of this shame originating from organized religion. In recent years though, conservatism on this education
Women not getting an education can have multiple negative side effects. Having females that are not getting an education can reduce economic growth (Klasen, 2002). It weakens economic growth directly by lowering average human capital and indirectly through its impact on investment and population growth (Klasen, 2002). Women aren’t getting the education they need to take care of their children and learn about the new technologies such as those used in farming.
In the contemporary society, education is a foundational human right. It is essentially an enabling right that creates various avenues for the exercise of other basic human rights. Once it is guaranteed, it facilitates the fulfillment of other freedoms and rights more particularly attached to children. Equally, lack of education provision endangers all fundamental rights associate with the welfare of human beings. Consequently, the role of education and in particular girl child education as a promoter of nation states welfare cannot be overemphasized. As various scholars asserts, the challenges and problems faced by the African girl child, to enjoy her right to education are multifaceted. Such difficulties include sexual abuse, child labor, discrimination, early pregnancies, violence and poverty, culture and religious practices (Julia 219). Across the developing world, millions of young girls lack proper access to basic education. In the contemporary society, this crisis, which is particularly critical in remote and poor region of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have fascinated increased public attention. However, almost all global nation states have assured their commitment in addressing various girl child challenges and allowed a declaration to enable each young girl and boy receive education by the year 2015 (Herz and Sperling 17). This target was firmly established and approved in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, this study will focus on girls’ education in Africa and its impacts to their livelihood.