Introduction To receive an education is to receive a basic foundation for success. Education is a necessity and “has been regarded in all societies and throughout human history both as an end in itself as a means for the individual society to grow” (Felix). However, over 30 million girls around the world are deprived of this basic human right.According to Global Citizen, at least 1 in 5 adolescent girls around the world are denied an education due to poverty, pregnancy, school-based violence, early marriage, gender norms, school fees, or domestic work. Education empowers all people to lead a better life. Discrimination against all people, especially women, needs to be non-existent in order to create a better world. All women should have access …show more content…
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Malala Yousafzai, a 18 year old girl who grew up in Mingora, Pakistan, possesses a vigorous passion for equality in education. Her and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, worked tirelessly as advocates for secondary education in Pakistan.The Taliban posed a large threat to their cause, as they aimed to restrict education and keep girls out of school. Malala wrote a blog for BBC Urdu service under a fictitious name and expressed her concern regarding the Taliban's threats to close down her school. In 2012, at age 14, Malala was singled-out and attacked by the Taliban on her way home from school. The masked gunman asked for Malala by name and shot her with a single bullet through her head. Malala remained in critical condition in a hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom for more than 3 months (The Malala Fund). Her attack sparked outrage around the world and brought attention to the ongoing conflict of prejudice against girls in education. Malala was awarded the
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Child marriage is one scenario that keeps girls out of the classroom and confined to a life of mediocrity. Being married as a child severely lessens the likelihood of girls finishing school; girls who are married as children are twice as likely to drop out of school than those who are not (Right to Education Project). Early marriage, in any situation, should not be advised, especially if it will restrict a person’s
Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, was a very influential person in the village and a great role model as Malala grew up. He participated in Anti-Taliban organizations and constantly preached for peace, educational rights and for the image of all Muslims as terrorists to be wiped away from the international community.... ... middle of paper ... ...
The vicious roars of the canons of the Taliban carved out the voice of Malala, who not only had the courage to fight for her rights but was also dauntless enough to take bullets in the forehead for her cause. “I’m hopeful that we all in the UN will be united in the goal of education and peace, and that we will make this world not just a better place, but the best place to live. Education is hope, education is peace,” Ms. Yousafzai stressed. But as always, there are people, burdening mother earth with their figures, who not only debate against gender equality but also question the plausibility of Malala Yousefzai. There is one question that spawns amidst this scenario:
First of all, Malala Yousafzai is a womens education teen activist. First, Malala is sixteen years old and when she was eleven she started blogging about the Taliban. The Taliban is a group of people that are against
As Nelson Mandela once said “Courage [is] not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Mother Jones, Nelson Mandela, and Malala Yousafzai are human rights activists that made powerful impacts on the world. Unethical child labor practices drove Mother Jones to fight to eradicate child labor. Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa and helped to liberate his people. Lastly, human rights activist, Malala Yousafzai, is a strong advocate for women's education. These individuals all took action to take a stand for human rights while persevering to overcome obstacles because they believed everyone should have an equal opportunity to be successful.
“I dream of a country where education would prevail” (Malala Yousafzai). Education around the world has begun to be overlooked more and more each year; women’s education especially. Fighting to learn is one of the many problems women face each day, additionally it does not help when the opportunity to be educated is not given to over 6 million teenage girls alone. The women that are confident enough to stand up and fight for schooling are usually respected. Being one of the very few people in Pakistan who fought for better teachings, Malala is now well respected in many countries. Malala Yousafzai (Yoo-saff-zay) was shot by the Taliban in 2012; after a long recovery, she miraculously advocates for education around the world.
For a long time, girls have been denied the right to obtain an education as well as being forced to drop out of school. In many countries, they are forced into slavery (e.g. bonded labor, and human trafficking), and marriage. According to UNFPA, 14 million girls under 18 will be married this year; 38 thousand today; 13 girls in the last 30 seconds. By marrying too young, these girls increase their chances of becoming pregnant when their bodies are not fully developed. As stated by the World Health Organization, the #1 cause of death for girls 15-19 is childbirth. For the majority, these girls want to go to school but they are forced to do the opposite. This growing concern about girls’ education has caused many people to speak out on the issue.
However, in some countries children cannot obtain education especially girls. It is very important to get an education and can be very beneficial in children’s quality life. It gives not only an opportunity to learn to read and write, but also develop mental growth and learn about health, and well-being. There is a big academic pressure on students. Many of them work hard to be successful and trying to get the best education; but not all children have the same an opportunity because they live in the unsafe environment. Based on the Frontline documentary movie about Omarina, she was not doing well and failing classes and her grades was very bad. She seeks for the help and her school district did investigation on failing students and teacher’s comity decided to help her with her studies and living. One of the teachers volunteered her time to helped her with her living and academic progress. Her hard work and encouragement shows that everything is possible. Little help from educators and special programs can make deference in students’ lives. On other hand not all students are that brave and encouraging to seek for the help. Some of the children prefer to fail down and being dropped from the school it pushes them to the criminal activities. There are a many good teachers and willing to help to students who’s struggling with studies, but the students still have to do their part by trying their hardest to do well in school. All of these factors are one main purposes: to produce happy, healthy, intelligent human
Some of the main challenges being cost of education, school environment, position of women in their societies as to how they are treated, conflicts and social exclusion. One of the main reasons why parents discriminate against the girl child when it comes to education is the cost when compared to economic returns to the household after the completion of education and also the expenditure of marrying off a daughter is enormous in many societies. It has also been documented that girls in most developing countries start helping in household chores from an early age and being highly educated causes constraints regarding marriage as many grooms don’t prefer a literate wife. Studies have shown that girls are the first to discontinue schooling to provide care to a sick member in the family or take care of younger siblings in case of death of a parent, and this is one of the main reasons why in Sub-Saharan countries there are many child headed families. Social exclusion is another barrier that prevents girls from going to school as they are excluded based on caste, ethnicity and religion (DIFD Report,
Education is the most important in the critical rank for reducing gender inequalities. Women’s status socioeconomically has increased with the time change, but only because they have more means of entry to improved circumstances. Forms of gender inequality still exist in our society, even in the highly developed world. Sex-segregation
We live in a world where the majority of women have the right of choice. However, imagine what it would be like to live in a place where because of your gender you don't have the right to choose, and in that same country imagine that all decisions are made for you by men. For many women in the Middle East and Northern Africa this is not a hypothetical situation, it's a daily reality in which women live immensely controlled lives. Malala Yousafzai once said "I speak not for myself, but for those without a voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated." Malala is an important icon in the fight for women's rights,
They say if you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation. Education is a fundamental right of every citizen in the world. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states in Article 26, “Everyone has the right to education.” Then why is it that in so many countries young girls and women are barred from gaining access to a form of education, from receiving skills to obtain a formal job, and from having the opportunity to enrich themselves with knowledge? Instead, in developing countries, they’re being forced into situations of child marriage and young motherhood, human trafficking, sexual violence, lack of proper health and disease, and servitude.
Briefing Paper Proposal This briefing paper proposal explains the international issue of girls and women's right to education. I will be discussing the impact, procedures and outlooks implemented by organizations such as the UN women and Plan Canada's “Because I Am A Girl” that are addressing and trying to change women and girls right to education. Historically speaking, worldwide there has been an ongoing struggle and fight for the rights to women's education. Education is not only a right in itself, but is also the surest way to empower individuals to enjoy all of their human rights.
Despite progress in recent years girls still suffer a lot of disadvantage in education systems. While gender equality in education remains a crucial issue for many countries women still account for two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population. Estimated thirty one million girls of primary school age and thirty four million girls of lower secondary school age were not enrolled in school in 2011. (http://www.UNICEF.org/education/bege-61657.html) Girls’ education is both an intrinsic right and a critical lever to reaching other development objectives says UNICEF. Girls’ education is important to the achievement of quality learning. Girls who have been educated are likely to marry later and to have smaller and healthier families. Educated women can recognize the importance of health care and know how to seek it for themselves and their children. Education helps girls and women to know their rights and to gain confidence to claim them. However, women’s literacy rates are significantly lower than men’s in most developing countries. UNICEF recognizes the opportunities provided through girls’ education and it supports governments in the reduction of gender discrimination through interventions at national, local and community levels aimed to empower girls. As we look towards 2015 and beyond, UNICEF continues to take a more transformative approach to girls’ educ...
Although child marriage is seen as a way to escape the cycle of poverty, child marriage in fact worsens the cycle of intergenerational poverty. In depriving a girl of education, they invariably deprive future generations of education, except for some rare exceptions that are too few and far between to become the norm. The deprivation of a girl of education sparks off a cycle, where because of her illiteracy, her family tends towards illiteracy. Invariably, the girl child of today is tomorrow’s mother - as a mother, she is effectively her child’s first teacher. If she is educated, she can give offer her children a sound
Arranged marriages are very common in countries like India, where parents live with their sons and the wife is expected to be the caretaker (The Economist, 44). As a young girl going back to school after marrying is very toilsome because she has familial duties and/or the girl becomes pregnant with a child she cannot continue her education. These marriages were once socially tolerable, but now should not be considered acceptable any longer. It is a cycle that must be broken, "Girls who marry young are more likely to be poor and remain poor (Polter, 10)." And it is a harsh reality, as families give their daughters away in hopes of improving their economic situation; for instance, the use of dowries, they are gifts that the family of the bride gives to the husband when they are married to make the girl more appealing, there is one less child in the family that needs food. In a child marriage, an adolescent girl faces a great risk of death when pregnant or during childbirth, their body simply cannot sustain a baby, when they are just a baby themselves, they are too young. Yet still there are child marriages occurring throughout the world today. "In Chad and Niger, whose rates of child marriage are among the highest in the world, that figure tops 70% (The Economist,