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
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
Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. N. p. : n.p., n.d. print.
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
“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.
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,
The issue of inequality has been known in many of life. The education sector is not an exception. When addressing equality of education many differences exist, ranging from wealth, and race, gender, and class. Education is very important and highly influential in children future in the United States. Government and children’s parents encourage young people to obtain higher education.
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,
Malala’s work was very arduous. Her journey started in her hometown, Mingora. Her dad founded a school that Malala attended. Malala gave a speech in Peshawar after the Taliban began attacking girls’ schools. The Taliban were notorious for killing dozens of children at a Peshawar school. She was courageous enough to deliver her speech about the Taliban in front of thousands of people. Later in the early 2009, Malala began to blog for the British Broadcasting Corporation about living
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.
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.
Education paves the way out of poverty and disempowerment, and opens up access to participation in society and in political decision-making. Women and girls
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
Many girls do not receive an education for a variety of reasons such as: money issues (poverty), a daughter is married off, or girls are limited to their homes. Girls around the globe are faced with countless barriers like these. Overall, a son is deemed more valuable than a daughter is. Men are also considered the head of the household and it frowned upon for a family not to have a son. However with a education, women could change that idea. They could enter society with new ideas and new perspectives and contribute to their country economically, politically, or socially. Education holds extreme power and women could quite possibly achieve gender equality and provide learning for all girls globally, this is the bigger picture. Perhaps if the
All people deserve the right of education equality no matter gender, race or financial income. According to the daily star, by 2015 only seventy percent of countries will have achieved equality between the sexes in primary education and fifty six percent will have achieved equality in lower secondary education. Education equality is one of the main problems in school systems. 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.