Disparities in educational provisional around the world (The Global Gender Apartheid in Education)

United Nations

Data from surveys of 61 developing countries shows girls in the poorest households are excluded from education. In sub-Saharan Africa just 23% of girls complete primary education. In Yemen 92% of the poorest girls do not complete primary education (in comparison to 47% of boys). In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 44% of girls have never been to school.

North (2012)

Studied education in Afghanistan. Female literacy is just 13%, one of the lowest in the world. There are 3.16 million girls in education in comparison to 5.16 million boys. 4.2 million children get no education in Afghanistan and 60% of them are girls. Under Taliban rule, they have attempted to ban girls from being educated. 15 year old Malala Yousadzai famously campaigned against this and was shot by a gunman on her way to school.

UNESCO

Reasons for poorer countries having restricted opportunities for girls are:

• Constraints within families- girls expected top talent their roles within the domestic sphere

• Constraints within society- early marriage pressures + threat of sexual harassment and violence outside their own homes + cultural, religious beliefs may discourage education for girls

• Policies of school system and educational practices- school systems not always empowering to girls, lack of role models, curriculum, teaching methods etc.

• Benefits of education- when parity is reached numerically, doesn’t mean eduction directly benefits girls + job market isn’t always equal despite of education

Filmer

Argues that ethnicity, gender and locality are factors that influences educational opportunities.