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IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING A GIRL CHILD AND WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE EMPOWERED

 

The right to education, which is a fundamental human right, is frequently denied to girls in some African countries. When families have shortage of resources and have to make a choice of who to educate either a girl or a boy child, it is always the boy that is chosen to attend school. Many girls are prevented from getting the education entitled to them because families often send their daughter out to work at a young age so that they can get the additional income they may need to exist beyond subsistence levels and finance the education of the sons.

 

Girl’s education is like sowing the seed, which gives rise to revitalized, cheerful and fully-grown family. Educated women have the capacity to bring social, economic and political changes. Denial to education opportunities denies the girl child the ability to realize her full potential skills needed to advance their status in the society. Educating a girl child will give her the full potential to think critically, question and inclusively make decisions.

 

Women’s education goes a long way to alleviate poverty in the community. Some educated women have come up with poverty alleviation schemes like forming self-help groups in which they contribute to the betterment of their lives. others contribute money equally at an interval time and later divide the money equally at the end of a certain period of time while others venture into poultry farming and dairy farming. These experiences greatly reveal that women education can positively affect poverty alleviation in the society.

 

Educated women are more informed about the rights of women for justice. Out of all deprived groups in the world, women have suffered the most. Their suffering knew no bounds based on culture, race, region or religion. They have been victims of violence, rape, poverty, malnutrition and ill treatment. Educated women are in the fight for all the suffering by raising their voices with conviction about the vices women go through.

 

Women are empowered through education, for example in most companies and leading business firms, we can often find the top most positions occupied by women. They inspire the underprivileged ones to try hard and become a successful person on life.

 

Women empowerment is not only necessary for oneself, but also for the society. An empowered woman can only teach others about what difference a slight change in attitude can bring to the society. Women are earning as much as their spouses do, their employment nonetheless adds substantially to the families and gives an economically advantage over the family with only one breadwinner.

 

An empowered and educated woman is no more like a burden to her family and society, she educated people on their rights and become aware of their duties as responsible citizens. Thus, an empowered woman can actually power the whole society and enable them to live to their fullest potential and to own themselves.

In conclusion, given the situation of women’s education and empowerment in the third world countries, its importance cannot be overemphasized. The benefits of educating and empowering them are immense to the society. Greg Morteneon, the American humanitarian worker said, “Educate a man, you educate one person, educate a woman you educate a complete family”.