International Women's Day is on March 8th.
The official theme of this day is: “Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology.”
We have learned that Education is a basic right that can change a country and lift people out of a life of poverty. In your country do both genders have equal access to education? How do you know? What are some reasons that girls either do or do not have equal access to education in your country?
Check out:
http://www.un.org/en/events/women/iwd/2011/index.shtml
http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/index.php?id_page=38&pattern=education%20for%20all
http://plancanada.ca/page.aspx?pid=2272
Girls in Peru do not receive as much education as the males, because research shows that only 89.4% of the female can read or write over age 15, while 92.4% of the males can. Reporters stated on "http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47674" that girls do not have the same amount of education because they drop out of school between 12-17. Reasons to that are they are too poor to pay for education that is not free, they have to stay home to take care of younger siblings or do chores, or their parents are afraid that they will encounter harm when they travel a long distance to school.
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sri lanka has 80% of kids in secondary school and 90% in elementary school
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ReplyDeleteIn Mongolia, 97.8% of all girls have an Education and 98% of all guys have an education. Girls spend around 15 years in school, and guys spend around 13 years in school.
ReplyDeleteIn Nicaragua, girls have equal rights as boys. The literacy rate for boys in Nicaragua is 67.2%
ReplyDeleteand for females it's 67.8%. So girls have a slightly LARGER literacy rate than boys! The school life expectancy is the same for both girls and boys: 11 years.
On http://www.ungei.org/gapproject/nicaragua_188.html I learned that schools are undergoing some changes to make the schools a friendlier environment. This most like contributes to why there's about an equal amount of girls and boys who attend school in Nicaragua. The principal of a certain school said that his school doesn'ttolerate discrimination. This would male girls feel more welcome at school.
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In Uganda, the girls are actuall beating the boys in literacy rates
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In Vietnam, the girls have a lower literacy rate than boys. Most people age 15 and over can read and write. The literacy rate is 93.9% for males, and 86.9% for females. The school life for boys is around 11 years, and for girls is 10 years. The education expenditures are 5.3% of the GPD. I think that the reason why boys have a better literacy rate and longer school life than girls is because of sexism.
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In Peru, the girls have a lower literacy rate than boys; 89.4% of girls over 15 years of age can read an write, whereas 96.4% of boys can read and write over the age of 15. Their school life expectancy rate is the same; 13 years for both boys and girls. 56% of girls do not go to preschool, but the percentage for boys is even more; 58%! 26% of girls aged 12-17 drop out of school.
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Girls in PAKISTAN do not receive as much education as the BOYs, because research shows that only 36% of the GIRLS can read or write over age 15, while less than 27% than the boys. Report on"" said that girls in Pakistan around the world 100 million primary school-age children do not go to school – two-thirds of them are girls. Even those who do attend school may leave before they reach grade five. Poverty, inequality and culture are the main reasons children do not go to school. Parents may be too poor to buy enough food to keep their children healthy, let alone pay school fees and for uniforms and books. Children may also be sick or needed at home to care for younger siblings or grandparents, or they may have to help the family earn an income. Sometimes schools are too far away or very crowded, there are not enough teachers or those who are available might not be well trained or paid.In Pakistan in 2002, just over half of school-age children were attending school, and less than three-quarters of boys and girls completed grade five.
ReplyDeleteGirls in PAKISTAN do not receive as much education as the BOYs, because research shows that only 36% of the GIRLS can read or write over age 15, while less than 27% than the boys. Report on"" said that girls in Pakistan around the world 100 million primary school-age children do not go to school – two-thirds of them are girls. Even those who do attend school may leave before they reach grade five. Poverty, inequality and culture are the main reasons children do not go to school. Parents may be too poor to buy enough food to keep their children healthy, let alone pay school fees and for uniforms and books. Children may also be sick or needed at home to care for younger siblings or grandparents, or they may have to help the family earn an income. Sometimes schools are too far away or very crowded, there are not enough teachers or those who are available might not be well trained or paid.In Pakistan in 2002, just over half of school-age children were attending school, and less than three-quarters of boys and girls completed grade five.
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ReplyDeleteI disagree with Arora because I learned that it is very safe in Peru.
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I leaned that in mongolia girls and boy have equal education. male 98%
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In Malaysia there is an unequal percentage of women and men over the age of 15 that can read and write. There is 92% of males and 85.4% of females. This is a little bit wierd because girls have 13 years in school and boys only get 12. i think before the years were unequal.
ReplyDeleteNow, as it says on http://www.unicef.org/malaysia/media_4948.html, girls have equal rights and choices in Malaysia.
The government helped investing in the "Education for all" program which made this equality possible.
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ReplyDeleteAnd I agree that the boys get more education then the girls based on the literacy rate.
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It isnt equal in Pakistan because the expectancy of children attending school is boys having better, and stronger education than girls, the school expectancy for girls is 6 years while the boys get 8 years, girls have an oppurtunity to go to school but cant because girls are expected to care for there families. The girls inititive for launching education is gradully expanding, but yet some girls still cant go to school.
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In Indonesia, 86.8% of girls can read and write and 94% of boys can read and write. Girls and boys receive the same amount of education but girls usually drop out of school earlier than boys. According to http://www.unicef.org/indonesia/girls_education_fact_sheet_final_ENG_1_.pdf, 6 out of 10 people that drop out of school are girls and 4 out of 10 people are boys. But girls and boys usually stay in school for 13 years according to the CIA world fact book.
ReplyDeleteIn Mexico,I found that both males and females have an almost equal right to education. 86.9% of males over the age of 15 can read and write, and 85.3% of females over the age of 15 can read and write. I went to
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According to research, many girls can not attend school in Sierra Leone for the following reasons:
ReplyDelete1. Teenage pregnancy because many drop out of school and get invovled in marriage because it is general in Sierra Leone to marry at an young age.
2.Sexual abuse- even teachers in the schools aren't well education and sometimes they are girl students who are abused by the TEACHERS.
3.Less facilities - girls have to share the sanitary facilities with guys.
4.Shortage of supplies-textbooks etc...
Unicef is trying to provide as much help as possible into enhancing the country;s future for girls i n Sierra LEone. .
The literacy rate for males in Tanzania is 77.5% and is only 62.2% because girls have to do many things at home with their mothers. The drop out rate is also very high because most girls can't pay for school. One final note, if a family can pay for one child's school, they'd pick a boy if they had one because many people think that boys are stronger than girls(especially in school).- Emily 72
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ReplyDeleteThe illiteracy rate of women in uganda is 55.1% and the illiteracy rate among men in uganda is 36.5%. Website is http://www.ifad.org/gender/learning/sector/extension/52.htm
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The literacy rate 4 chad is...
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ReplyDeleteMy country is Vietnam. The total population: 90.3%. The aount of males who can read and write: 93.9%. The amount of females who can read and write: 86.9% As you can see, females can read and write less than males but it is still a close comparison. Girls can read and write less than males because
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My country is Pakistan. The literacy rate is:
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female: 36%
Pakistan has a low literacy rate due to poverty and a lack of education. Poverty is the biggest disadvantage and the largest obstacle in the development of Pakistan.
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In Jamaica, both male and female have an equal access to education. The literacy rate for girls is 91.6% and for boys it's 84.1%. More girls can read because they were treated better and were more focused. Boys were abused verbally and physically and often didn't show up at school. They didn't read out of school when girls did. Researches show that more girls focused and worked hard at school than boys did.
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The literacy rate in Afghanistan is 28.1%. The literacy rate for females is 12.6% while the literacy rate for males is 43.1%.In Afghanistan,more than 50% of boys and 80% of girls are unable to read and write.
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-Maria V. 75
in my country more boys know how to read and wright than girls. my country is haiti and in haiti 54.8% of men know how to read when 51.2% of wommen know how to read (acording to CIA world factbook) unfortunatly i can't find out the reason for the literacy rate
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In Sierra Leone, girls over the age of 15 have a literacy rate of 24.4% and the boys have a literacy rate of 46.9%. This is due to sexual violence toward women that influences parents to keep girls out of school.
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From what it says on www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html
ReplyDeletethe literacy rate of boys is higher than the literacy rate of girls at 92.3% over 89.7%
In Peru, 96,4% of males over 15 can read and write, while only 89.4% of females can. I found this out on CIA world factbook. I'm not really sure why males have a higher literacy rate.
ReplyDeletein Iraq females have a litteracy rate of 64.a and mles 84.1% be cause of many many reason (war sexism poverty family ect)
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My country is Sri Lanka. In 2001, 92.3% of boys 15 and over knew how to read and write while only 89.1% of girls 15 and over knew how to read and write. That is really little compared to how many Canadian kids 15 and older can read and write. 99% of boys and 99% of girls can read in Canada. Even though more boys know how to read and write than girls, girls spend more time in school than boys. In Sri Lanka, boys go to school for 12 years while girls go to school for 13 years. Both genders kind of have the same access to education because girls go to school longer but some don't know how to read or write. Boys go to school shorter than girls but more know how to read and write. Girls get to go to school longer because the boys get pulled out to help their families get money to survive. Girls however stay as long as it is free. Many live underneath the poverty line so they only go to school while it is free.
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In Cuba, the literacy is equal. They're both at 99.8% which is 0.8% more than Canada's literacy rate. In fact, girls go to school for 19 years, while boys only go to school for 16 years. Also, the GDP is 13.6% which is 2nd in the world and it's 8.7% more than Canada.
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The cuban girls and boys are treated equally but girls get a bit more education. Before 1960, the literacy rate for all of the cubans (15 and over) was 60% and now has gone up by almost 40%. University is completely free for any cuban.
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In Nigeria children at the age of 15 and over can read and write but for males only 75.7% can read and write and for females only 60.6% can read and write with that being said, no both genders do not have equal access to education.I know this because as shown above only 60.6% of girls have access to education however 75.7% of boys have access to education so more boys have an education than girls do.Some reasons why girls in Nigeria have lower access to education than boys is because of low income or being below the poverty line and/or sexism.
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ReplyDeletei do not think that men and women are treated equally in the case of education because according to the CIA worldfactbook the people who can read and write are not equal but the women have a better score!
in 2003 according to the CIA worldfactbook the people who can read and write over the age of 15 for men: %67.2 and for women: %67.8!
so i think not only the women are treated equally in nicaragua but they are even treated better! and we are not celebrating mens day?
and i personaly think that the reason for that is that the men have a lower life time expectency and also that men do not care that much about education and also before i forget men are not sitting at home but are in war or working and doing hard work and labour!
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In Jamaica, both male and female have an equal access to education. The literacy rate for girls is 91.6% and for boys it's 84.1%. More girls can read because they were treated better and were more focused. Boys were abused verbally and physically and often didn't show up at school. They didn't read out of school when girls did. Researches show that more girls focused and worked hard at school than boys did.
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No, In Vietnam not both genders have equal access to education. Because at age 15 and over, 93.9 percent male can read and write but only 86.9 percent female can read and write. male get more education than female. I think the boys get more education is because that they don't think girls are important as boys. And the girls are responsible for the home and family, not getting a job.
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In Indonesia the male literacy rate is 94% and the female literacy rate is only 86.8% so boys do recieve more education than girls. According to http://www.unicef.org/indonesia/girls_education_fact_sheet_final_ENG_1_.pdf, this is because girls are more likely to drop out of school than boys. In every ten children who drop out of primary school, 6 are girls and 4 are boys. In secondary school, for every 3 boys who drop out of school, there are 7 girls who drop out.
ReplyDeleteGirls in Zimababwe receive as much education as the boys. The reason for this is because Zimbabwe believes in equality in education between both genders. I know this because it is mentioned in certain articles on the web. In Zimbabwe a 2003 estimate statistic on the CIA World Factbook says that 84.2 percent of females receive and complete their education. On another website, it mentions that after thirteen years of primary, secondary and high school they can choose to study in a overseas university or one in Zimbabwe. This is considered a very high standard of education in the world. However the citizens have to pay a lot of money for education and on the unicef website girl from Zimbabwe quotes “For most girls in Zimbabwe, access to an education is really a privilege and not a right,” says Winnie Farao, 26, explaining how the high cost of education, exacerbated by hyperinflation, has made girls’ education a “second priority” in her country.“With so few dollars, what would you use it for – to send your child to school or to buy food?” she asks. Many organizations do not want to crush their dreams and sponsor them just as Winnie had been. She received support from the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), which paid for her schooling. Today, she works as a programme manager at CAMFED in Zimbabwe.“Their fees will be paid for and their uniforms will be provided,” says Ms. Farao. “A community environment is made for the girls’ safety, to ensure they are safe at home, safe along the way and safe in the school system.”
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The country that I was told to do is called Yemen. yemen does not have equal access to education for males and females. I know this because I read it on the website www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook. Some of the reasons why they can't go to school is because:family poverty. It also has to do with family traditions which I find kind of wierd because, boys are allowed to go to school! That is not fair!
ReplyDeleteMy country is Brazil, and what you normaly find as the percentages for males and females is completely flipped! In Brazil, the literacy rate for girls is 88.8%, and for males, its 88.4%. Even though it basicaly makes no difference, I still find it a little different. I found the percentages on https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html. The reason why the percentages are like that, is because the education system in Brazil is underdeveloped which, according to the source I used, is holding Brazil back from a better prosperity. The source I used to find out this and the following is http://www.girlslearn.org/userfiles/file/GLI%20Country%20Report%20Brazil.pdf. Around 45% of the heads of poor families have at least a year of schooling. Even though that percentage isn`t the best, the literacy rate for children over the age of 15 is fairly high. The only issue in literacy`s case is that most students tend to only attend school until the age of 14 (boys) or 15 (girls). Between males and females, the percentage is quite equal which means the rights for woman to education is not an issue in Brazil.
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ReplyDeleteIn Chad, only 12.8% of women can read and write-
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