Empowering Women Through Their Education



Globally, we see roughly 132 million girls out of school (Richards, 2020). Poverty contributes to the issue of girls’ education the most (Richards, 2020). It is also linked to child marriage and pregnancy that prevent girls from attending their schooling (Richards, 2020). There are approximately 39,000 girls, under the age of 18, who have gotten married and stopped their education to tend to household duties (Richards, 2020). Cultural norms can prevent parents from investing in their daughter’s education, especially if they have a brother (Richards, 2020). It is a common belief that girls should merely tend to caregiver activities instead of furthering their education (Richards, 2020). About 14.3 million students cannot attend school due to conflict and dangerous areas like war zones (Richards, 2020). Countries are losing out on about 30 trillion dollars by not educating their female population (Richards, 2020).  

Society must begin to value empowering girls through their education to ensure they can become contributing members to society and build a life for themselves and their families. Girls should be able to reach their full potential for their future. 

To improve girls’ education, there is a positive correlation between female students having female teachers (Bysiewicz, 2018). It can create a positive, empowering environment for girls to thrive in. If countries begin to improve school conditions for girls, they are likely to earn at least 20% of earnings from educating the female population. Schools must provide sanitary conditions that support girls’ menstrual needs and provide privacy (Bysiewicz, 2018). Safe transportation would provide girls a way to access their education, despite dangerous communities (Bysiewicz, 2018). Overall, parents must begin to see the value in educating their daughters and understand how it can positively impact their family (Bysiewicz, 2018). 

We must begin to reach out to government officials of countries that do not provide safe, clean conditions for girls to attend school! To raise the awareness of enhancing girls’ education,  let’s write to our government officials about the issues we see that prevent girls from going to school. I encourage everyone to reach out to the important government officials in their residence. By writing letters that symbolize our acknowledgement of the issue at hand, we can help encourage officials to enact change for all girls and their education! 



References

Bysiewicz, I. (2018). Importance of Girls’ Education Around the World. The Borgen Project.

https://borgenproject.org/importance-of-girls-education/. 

Richards, A. (2020). Girls’ Education: Challenges and Recommendations. Project Stay in the Light.

https://www.rightsofequality.com/girls-education-challenges-and-recommendations/.


Media Sources

Commit2Change. (n.d.). Why Girls’ Education. Commit2Change.

https://www.commit2change.org/girls-education. 

Dogra, K. (n.d.). COVID-19 School Closures Impact Nearly 743 Million Girls. Plan International

Canada. https://stories.plancanada.ca/covid-19-school-closures-impact-nearly-743-million-girls/. 

Plan International Canada. (n.d.-a). Girls’ Education. Plan International Canada. 

https://plancanada.ca/girls-education. 

 Plan International Canada. (n.d.-b). Girls’ Education. Plan International Canada. 

 https://plancanada.ca/girls-education. 


 

 


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