Educating

Javier San Buenaventura/Kevin Adriano

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT: PROF. PAUL LOPEZ

Women
Written report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Why should we put emphasis on womens
education?

1.5 Proportion of employed by sex and skill level

1.2

1.6 Reasons WHY

1.3 Factors the influenced

1.7 Goals of womens education

1.4 College enrollment by gender

INTRODUCTION
Education is very important for every child whether boy or
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girl. It is sad that some communities still discriminate against
the education of the girl child. About 57million children
around the world are not going to school. The report,
Children Still Battling to go to School, finds that 95% of the
28.5 million children not getting a primary school education
live in low and lower-middle income countries 44% in sub-
Saharan Africa, 19% in south and west Asia and 14% in the
Arab states, UNESCO said. Girls make up 55% of the total
and were often the victims of rape and other sexual violence
that accompanies armed conflicts, UNESCO said
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Why should we put emphasis on women education?
It undermines the potential for economic growth

There is a link between womens education and social welfare

-Slower population growth and lower infant mortality rates are closely
associated with increasing levels of women education
Poverty alleviation

Equity
-Education is a basic human right
1.2

There needs to be a direct link between increasing levels of womens education and their
access to productive and remunerative employment.
Productive
-achieving or producing a significant amount or result.
Remunerative
-financially rewarding; lucrative.
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Factors that have influenced educational development and gender equality in access to
education:
Colonial influence

Public expenditure on education

Challenges relating to national/cultural integration

-Geography, multi-ethnicity
Provision of universal free and compulsory education for at least 6 years

Regulation of fess charged by private institutions

Scholarship grants for disadvantaged groups

Widely accessible education facilities

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1.6
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Goals of Women Education

to eliminate illiteracy
to develop self-esteem and self-confidence
to have knowledge about their bodies and sexuality
to have the ability to make their own decisions and negotiate
to raise the women's awareness of their civil rights
to provide skills for incoming generation
to make participation in community/society more effective
to prepare them to be good women leaders

CONCLUSION

There are ways to improve girls access to education. The

experiences in scores of countries showed the importance
of how we will. Families and communities must be important
partners with schools in developing curriculum and
managing children's education. Basic education should be
free or cost very little. Where possible, there should be
stipends and scholarships to compensate families for the
loss of girls' household labour. Also, school hours should be
flexible so children can help at home and still attend
classes. Many parents worry about girls travelling long
distances on their own. Many parents also prefer to have
daughters taught by women. Girls do best when they
receive early childhood care, which enhances their self-
esteem and prepares them for school. Learning materials
should be relevant to the girl's background and be in the
local language. They should also avoid reproducing gender
stereotypes.

Recommendation
We should be more considerate and give each other equal
rights in education. Everyone needs to be educated for it is
the only way we can change the world. Educated women
raises a better generation for us because educated moms
will teach their children knowledge and values that cannot
be learned at schools. As you study this, we hope that you
have seen a better tomorrow with women attaining the
education they deserve and a better generation for all of us
to come.

References
-UNESCO letter on Women Empowerment
-Women, Education and Empowerment by Carolyn Medel-
Anonuevo
-UNESCO Institute for Education
-The Theorotical and Practical Bases for Empowerment by
Nelly P. Stromquist
-Womens Literacy and Empowerment by Anita Dighe