Lack of Education for Women A Violation of Human Rights By Aouatif Ansari

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Article 26 states: Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

If Education is a human right why are women denied the right to Education? In the world 130 million children do not have a primary education of that 130 million two thirds of them are females.

“Investing in women’s education yields one of the highest returns that equip women with the skills, knowledge, and self confidence required for carrying the role of better parents, workers, and citizens which are regarded as a permanent solution to a number of economic and social problems that improve the quality of life.”

Economic  Creates wages Wages that are produced by women are more likely to go towards the children.  Professional role models With education women can further their advancement in professional fields.

Social   Female Genital Cutting (FGC) "The memory of their screams calling for mercy, gasping for breath, pleading that those parts of their bodies that it pleases God to give them be spared. I remember the fearful look in their eyes when I led them to the toilet, ‘I want to, but I can’t. Why Mum? Why did you let them do this to me?’ Those words continue to haunt me. My blood runs cold whenever the memory comes back." -Gambia. (Center for Reproductive Law and Policy Violations of Women’s Reproductive Rights: A Selection of Testimonials from Around the World.) In central Africa Republic 48 percent of women with no education have been cut while only 23 percent of women with secondary education have been subjected to the practice. Educated women are four times more likely to oppose genital cuttings for their daughters and granddaughters

 Illiteracy Around the world 860 million people are illiterate of those 860 million 573 million are women.Around the world 860 million people are illiterate of those 860 million 573 million are women.  Fertility With each year of education, female fertility drops 5% to 10 %With each year of education, female fertility drops 5% to 10 %

 Child Mortality An additional year of education reduces mortality rates of 1,000 women by 3An additional year of education reduces mortality rates of 1,000 women by 3 In Africa, the child of a woman who has not been to school has one in five chance of dying before the age a fiveIn Africa, the child of a woman who has not been to school has one in five chance of dying before the age a five  HIV Women in Sub-Saharan Africa are more than 1.5 times likely than men to contract HIV which makes up 65% of the population with HIV/AIDS.Women in Sub-Saharan Africa are more than 1.5 times likely than men to contract HIV which makes up 65% of the population with HIV/AIDS. Quality of Life

Solutions  Offer Free Tuition  Build schools closer to villages  Free transportation Implementing  United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

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