On this website, I explored an article entitled “International Day of the Girl Child 2013.” On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl Child, which recognizes girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. In 2013, the theme for the day was “Innovating for Girls’ Education.” The day is certainly necessary because although great strides have been made in the last decade, millions of girls are still being denied their right to education for no other reason than their gender. Here are some facts:
- “31 million girls of primary school age are out of school. Of these 17 million are expected never to enter school. There are 4 million fewer boys than girls out of school.”
- “Three countries have over a million girls not in school: In Nigeria there are almost five and a half million, Pakistan, over three million, and in Ethiopia, over one million girls out of school.”
- “There are also 34 million female adolescents out of
school, missing out on the chance to learn vital skills for work
and life.”
- This nation still has a very long way to go when it comes
to excellence and equity in education. That is why it is so
important for each one of us to do our part to provide the highest
quality education possible to those we teach. Each one teach one.
Each one reach one. Each one pay it forward. That is how change
happens.
- Unless we make quality education a priority for all, issues
of inequity and injustice will always abound.
- Issues of equity and quality occur all around the world. We
may all be different, but our issues are the same. I am grateful
to live in a country where women are not denied an education,
although we still have work to do in regards to equal pay and jobs
for women. I fear equity and quality in education will be trending
issues for generations to come. I hope not.
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