"One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world.” Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Malala Yousafzai spoke these words at the United Nations Youth Assembly nine months after her attempted attack by the Taliban, an endeavor to discourage other females from receiving an education. Her native country Pakistan is one of the many countries around the globe that violate Article 26 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Education, which has had its fundamental roots all throughout history, has not been kept to the standards presented in Article 26 of the UDHR by the countries of Ethiopia, Pakistan, Angola, and Gambia due to their absence of gender equalities in schools, lack of educational resources, and lack of a compulsory
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Through many extensive studies, results show that boys in school are called on more than girls, they are given more extensive feedback, and are allowed more leniency for behavior issues than girls. Throughout many countries in the world, women’s education is much lesser than men’s education. For example, in the country of Guinea, 63.4% of girls are illiterate, while only 33.4% of boys cannot read. Ethiopia is home to some of the lowest gender equality throughout all Africa, and ranked 121 out of 134 countries for performance in gender equality in education. Article 26 of the UDHR also states that “higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit”, but the number of literate women in Ethiopia equals less than half the number of literate men in this country. Besides illiteracy, many more females do not even attend school then compared to males. In the country of Angola, there were 57,382 male students displaced from school, compared to 455,536 female children in 2011. Additionally, in Angola only 64% of students attended primary and secondary schools, with a large gap between the number of male and female …show more content…
Malala Yousafzai was an advocate for equal education for both genders in her country. Before the attack she gave a speech called “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?”, where she recognizes and informs her fellow citizens about how education is imperative for everyone to h ave a successful future, and education is a guaranteed right by Article 26 in the UDHR. She received a death threat from the Taliban, and was later shot after returning home from school. Her story has impacted people around the world, and she has made great contributions to the overall awareness of inequalities between genders, especially concerning education. Despite her contributions, her home country of Pakistan still faces many issues concerning equal education. 3 million Pakistani girls are out of school, and furthermore, 65% of children not currently enrolled in school are female. Therefore, it is not surprising that 65% of the 49.5 million illiterate adults are also women. In some parts of the country, as low as 30% of the girls attend school, depending on the overall wealth of the district. Overall, gender inequalities are still very prevalent in our modern world, and many countries are violators of this issue, and provide unequal educational opportunities to both genders, which is detrimental to the overall success of the nation as a
Through many extensive studies, results show that boys in school are called on more than girls, they are given more extensive feedback, and are allowed more leniency for behavior issues than girls. Throughout many countries in the world, women’s education is much lesser than men’s education. For example, in the country of Guinea, 63.4% of girls are illiterate, while only 33.4% of boys cannot read. Ethiopia is home to some of the lowest gender equality throughout all Africa, and ranked 121 out of 134 countries for performance in gender equality in education. Article 26 of the UDHR also states that “higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit”, but the number of literate women in Ethiopia equals less than half the number of literate men in this country. Besides illiteracy, many more females do not even attend school then compared to males. In the country of Angola, there were 57,382 male students displaced from school, compared to 455,536 female children in 2011. Additionally, in Angola only 64% of students attended primary and secondary schools, with a large gap between the number of male and female …show more content…
Malala Yousafzai was an advocate for equal education for both genders in her country. Before the attack she gave a speech called “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?”, where she recognizes and informs her fellow citizens about how education is imperative for everyone to h ave a successful future, and education is a guaranteed right by Article 26 in the UDHR. She received a death threat from the Taliban, and was later shot after returning home from school. Her story has impacted people around the world, and she has made great contributions to the overall awareness of inequalities between genders, especially concerning education. Despite her contributions, her home country of Pakistan still faces many issues concerning equal education. 3 million Pakistani girls are out of school, and furthermore, 65% of children not currently enrolled in school are female. Therefore, it is not surprising that 65% of the 49.5 million illiterate adults are also women. In some parts of the country, as low as 30% of the girls attend school, depending on the overall wealth of the district. Overall, gender inequalities are still very prevalent in our modern world, and many countries are violators of this issue, and provide unequal educational opportunities to both genders, which is detrimental to the overall success of the nation as a