Inequality In Africa

In Africa, the girl child is considered inferior to the male child, several tribes in most developing rural parts of Africa believes the place of a female child is to domestic and reproductive purposes. Inequality has led to diverse degree of unfairness in terms of education and human rights to the girl child. Worse off is when a girl is betrothed to a man before she reaches puberty and escorted to her betrothed spouse in order to form alliances or seal business or political deals. Faced with diverse illogical discrimination in the family unit, the girl child is deprived of essential educational rights. The contribution of the female child in agriculture has help boost the productivity of a community, naturally the female gender is characterized with multitasking and hard work. Therefore, this has led to the recognition by most African government that encouraging women can help to alleviate poverty in larger families. Education and formal literacy is a major contributor to economic development.
Also, it has come into the knowledge of African government that the transition in the fertility of Africa i.e. a crucial factor in continuous economic growth which appears to be at a slower pace than the rest of the world. Poverty, poor access to quality schooling, lack of quality social norms …show more content…
Patriarchy in Africa is a strong force to reckon with especially in the rural areas of developing countries in Africa, many perception as to opportunities are believed to be best handled by only the male figure in the family. Polygyny may come about when a man has been conceiving the female child in search of a male offspring, and keeps trying until a male is conceived and then regarded as the successor of the head of the