In this article, economists believe that reducing sexual inequality in education is vital to promoting development. Failing to educate girls will limit economic growth in the developing world by wasting human capital. So as a result, the UN set the goal of eliminating gender disparity in all levels of education by 2015. The more developed countries like China, Bangladesh, and Indonesia seem more likely to achieve this target, while Africa will not. The ratio of boys and girls who attend secondary school on the continent is 100 to 82. So to solve this issue, the common response would be to invest more money to girls’ education. The UN, NGO, and Camfed (a charity) all got involved in financing school places for girls in 15 Saharan countries. But a new paper suggests that such actions are not enough to end inequality in education. Girls in rural Uganda had to help out at homes during droughts to support the family’s income in the short term as that area is employed in rain-fed agriculture, while boys weren’t affected by this at all. Therefore, to keep girls in school, they may need to focus on measures to boost household income when times are tough. This article portrays that society is working harder towards annihilating gender inequality; sexism. The belief that guys can bring in more prestige for the family than girls and that they can do better. It makes me believe that the world is becoming a better place to live in for females, with increasing opportunities to shine.
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http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21588927-new-research-hints-better-method-ensure-girls-africa-stay-school-when
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387813001120