Girl Child Education In Nigeria
Learn about the amazing inventions made by women with education. Get the top
facts and reasons to send a girl to school and boost the girl effect.
For some men the
importance of education for women is obvious, for others – ridiculous. For
them women in politics or at work is nonsense. Their place is at home doing what
men have no desire to do. However, there is a great number of striking facts for
all of us to consider, both for men and women. Let’s take a look at them and see
if this topic should really be discussed.
Staggering facts on female education
1. 1 in 7 girls in developing world marries before she turns 15 not being able to
finish the school;
2. Most females in such countries (including Nigeria) get overlooked, underfed
and undereducated;
3. Girls are being abused, forced into marriage and pregnancy because of the
lack of education and ability to make their living;
4. 600 million girls live in developing countries and 150 million of them have no
chance to get any education;
5. Only 2 cents of every dollar sent for charity and aid are spent on girls;
6. Women make 10% of the world’s income, but own no more than 1% of
property on this planet;
7. 66% of the world’s work and labor is performed by women;
8. In sub-Saharan region only 61% of girls compared to 100% of boys get
tertiary education
9. Over 14 million kids annually drop out of school in West Africa and over half
of them are girls.
These facts are bad enough to think of the importance of education for
women . Lives and destinies of women all over the world are being broken and
trodden on just because they are denied the right to make their own living in a
decent manner.
Young girls and women are being forced to marriage and maternity. They are being
forced to prostitution and other illegal acts just because they have no voice and no
power to take a stand for themselves. These girls remain burdens on their families.
They have no way to pursue their dreams or to have a fulfilling and meaningful
life.
What can education do for women?
1. Girls who finish schools marry 4 years later compared to those, who don’t;
2. They are less likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth;
3. They have fewer kids, but healthier ones;
4. They have higher chances of sending their kids to school;
5. A girl with just one extra year of education can boost her income by 20%;
6. When a women, who can read or write has a baby, its survival chances rise
by 50%!
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Fareed Kamal Ibrahim
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