Gender Inequality: Educational opportunity - HUMAN RIGHTS

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  • Educational opportunity: Economic, Social and Political factors which explain variation in the patterns of gender inequality
    • Improvements in female enrolment in schools for education
      • especially in primary education
      • have faced severe disadv.s and exclusions
        • greatest in Saharan Africa
        • mainly poorer countries and rural poor
          • EDCs LIDcs
      • key to empower women
        • women are able to enter the labour market as they are equipped with the basic skills needed
          • workforce productivity increases
            • now more than half of the potential workforce is in the actual workforce and being utilised effectivley
              • women are able to enter the labour market as they are equipped with the basic skills needed
                • workforce productivity increases
                  • now more than half of the potential workforce is in the actual workforce and being utilised effectivley
                  • women are able to earn their own money
                    • standards of living improve
            • women are able to earn their own money
              • standards of living improve
        • help achieve gender equality
      • different religions provide different levels of educational support
        • especially for girls
      • lack of or minimal government investment
      • Cost of sending a child to school
        • affected by poverty - AC/EDC/LIDC
      • negative classroom environments
        • violence
        • exploitation
      • inadequate sanitation
        • no private OR separate toilets
      • insufficient female teachers
        • most women are uneducated so not able to teach hence the lack of female teachers
      • exploited for child labour instead
        • example of forced labour - they have no alternative chouce
      • child marriage
      • early/teenage pregnancy
        • child marriage
      • inadequate legislation
    • household obligations (housework / chores)
      • falls to girls as the males emigrate
        • remittances may be sent back
          • could improve the standard of living for the girls at home
      • Educational opportunity: Economic, Social and Political factors which explain variation in the patterns of gender inequality
        • Improvements in female enrolment in schools for education
          • especially in primary education
          • have faced severe disadv.s and exclusions
            • greatest in Saharan Africa
            • mainly poorer countries and rural poor
              • EDCs LIDcs
          • key to empower women
            • help achieve gender equality
          • different religions provide different levels of educational support
            • especially for girls
          • lack of or minimal government investment
          • Cost of sending a child to school
            • affected by poverty - AC/EDC/LIDC
          • negative classroom environments
            • violence
            • exploitation
          • inadequate sanitation
            • no private OR separate toilets
          • insufficient female teachers
            • most women are uneducated so not able to teach hence the lack of female teachers
          • exploited for child labour instead
            • example of forced labour - they have no alternative chouce
          • early/teenage pregnancy
            • inadequate legislation
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        • POLITICAL & ECONOMIC
        • ECONOMIC
        • ECONOMIC & SOCIAL
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        • SOCIAL AND POLITICAL

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