What can we do to help our young people over the globe succeed.
Many girls do not attend school because:
- of the lack of schools
- domestic or child labor
- general view that girls should not be educated
- limited access to educational sectors
- extreme poverty
Women represent 70% of the world’s 1.3 b people living in extreme poverty
- Half of the women over 25 yrs old have never been to school ( Girls Global Education Fund)
- Less than half of the world’s poorest who are 15 and older have had enough schooling to even read or write.
- Everyday more than 125 million primary school children do not attend school
It is important to emphasize the fact that once girls don’t go to school, once they are married too young and having children too early they can never be equal to men, and can never have the same political and economic power as men.
The effect of these factors is not limited to the success of the individual but important for the development of nations as a whole.
Education and access to maternal health, if properly planned, allow people to live longer, and add value to the development
In areas like South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where 90 percent of the world’s youth are located, there is a massive opportunity for societies to capitalize on their resources and accelerate their development. But governments must invest in their populations through education, healthcare, access to entrepreneurial opportunities and political participation in order to flourish
2010 Documentary – Waiting for Superman – a look at our Education systems here in America
Benefits of Education for Women &Girls
- According to a World Bank research education for girls is a main factor to economic & social development. When girls are not educated, a society severely slows down its productivity and rate of growth.
- Educated girls become educated women and have more influence with measurable benefits to influence entire families, communities and nations.
- Spilling over into the families as indicators of better health, primary bread winners and economic factors.