Have you ever woken up and thought to yourself, “I don’t want to go to school today, I’m too tired,” or even, “I wish I didn’t have to go to school?” Most U.S. citizens will admit that they have done this at least once, if not many times, but eighty percent of girls in Southwest Asia don’t have the option of school.
In Southwest Asia, Pakistan, and parts of Africa, thirty two million more boys attend school than girls because girls are being denied access to school because of their gender. This is a prime example of prejudice. Sure, some barriers such as disabilities do exist, but these are not gender specific. If families can't afford to send all of their kids to school, they will favor their boys education. Babies have no choice of what …show more content…
She went to school there and her friends were there. When she was ten, the Taliban took over Swat Valley and ruled that women couldn’t go to the market and that girls couldn’t go to school. Malala was outraged that she couldn’t go to school, and stood up against the Taliban for her and all girls education. The Taliban was furious, and on October 12, 2012, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head while riding the bus on her way home from school. She rode an emergency helicopter to a hospital in England. The hospital provide great care, and she survived. Malala wrote about her experiences and still tries to get all girls an education. Learn more about Malala by reading I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education & Changed the World.
More than sixty five million girls between the ages of six and fifteen are out of school right now, and they are only adding to the five hundred twenty eight thousand illiterate females in the world. If we stop discrimination against girls rights to education, there will be less illiterate females, so more families will have enough income to send all of their children to a school where they feel safe, and generations to come will have the ability to think, “I don’t want to go to school, I’m too
In Southwest Asia, Pakistan, and parts of Africa, thirty two million more boys attend school than girls because girls are being denied access to school because of their gender. This is a prime example of prejudice. Sure, some barriers such as disabilities do exist, but these are not gender specific. If families can't afford to send all of their kids to school, they will favor their boys education. Babies have no choice of what …show more content…
She went to school there and her friends were there. When she was ten, the Taliban took over Swat Valley and ruled that women couldn’t go to the market and that girls couldn’t go to school. Malala was outraged that she couldn’t go to school, and stood up against the Taliban for her and all girls education. The Taliban was furious, and on October 12, 2012, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head while riding the bus on her way home from school. She rode an emergency helicopter to a hospital in England. The hospital provide great care, and she survived. Malala wrote about her experiences and still tries to get all girls an education. Learn more about Malala by reading I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education & Changed the World.
More than sixty five million girls between the ages of six and fifteen are out of school right now, and they are only adding to the five hundred twenty eight thousand illiterate females in the world. If we stop discrimination against girls rights to education, there will be less illiterate females, so more families will have enough income to send all of their children to a school where they feel safe, and generations to come will have the ability to think, “I don’t want to go to school, I’m too