Differential Achievement, Global Differences: Global Gender Apartheid

Question 1

United Nations

Answer 1

• 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 and in Yemen 92% of the poorest girls do not complete primary education in comparison to 47% of boys

Question 2

North

Answer 2

• studied education in Afghanistan and found female literacy is just 13%
• Afghanistan is governed by the taliban and under the 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 in which she subsequently received a Nobel peace prize

Question 3

UNESCO

Answer 3

• argues the reasons for poorer countries having restricted opportunities for girls are: constraints within families, constraints within society, policies of school system and educational practices and benefits of education