By-Pravar JainClass-10B

Roll Number-36

• Two-thirds of the world’s 876 million illiterates are women

• 70 % of the poor in the world are women

• 113 million primary school children are being denied their right to education. Almost two-thirds of them are female

• Fewer girls than boys finish primary school. By the time they reach 18, girls have an overage of 4,4 years less education than boys

• Girls in many countries are expected to begin helping out at an early age with household responsibilities which prevents them from attending formal schooling

• Investing in girls and women education is not considered profitable by many poor communities

• In many patriarchal societies women and girls are denied their fundamental human rights, among them, the right to education.

• In some countries, empowering women through education is not considered essential and sometimes contrary to the role that they are expected to perform

• Cultural and socialCultural and social factors have a major factors have a major impact on female access to schooling,impact on female access to schooling,

• Compounded by: Compounded by: povertypoverty – in itself a denial of – in itself a denial of human rights. It is THE critical barrier to human rights. It is THE critical barrier to education, in particular for girlseducation, in particular for girls

• “We must do more and better.”• “How can poverty be eradicated

when the roots of ignorance are left undisturbed?”

• Koïchiro Matsuura• WHY and HOW?

Literacy, particularly the literacy of women, is the most important factor for sustainable and equitable development

• For people around the world, especially women, literacy is the bridge from devastating poverty to renewed hope. The illiteracy rate has risen substantially over the past 50 yearseducated women can play a very important role in the development of the country.

• Education is milestone of women empowerment because it enables them to responds to the

• challenges, to confront their traditional role and change their life. So that we can’t neglect the

• importance of education in reference to women empowerment India is poised to becoming

• superpower, a developed country by 2020.

• The growth of women’s education in rural areas is • very slow. This obviously means that still large womenfolk o f our

country are illiterate, the • weak, backward and exploited.” : Gender discrimination still

persists in India and lot more needs to be done in the field • of women's education in India. The gap in the male-female

literacy rate is just a simple indicator. • While the male literary rate is more than 75% according to the

2001 Census, the female literacy • rate is just 54.16%.

World Education has a long history of successfully working with local partners to design, execute, manage and evaluate participatory, community-based initiatives to advance the conditions of girls and women. World Education's programs help girls enroll and stay in school and help women gain access to or create new educational, financial, and social resources in their communities. By improving educational opportunities for girls and women, World Education helps women develop skills that allow them to make decisions and influence community change in key areas.

World Education has a long history of successfully working with local partners to design, execute, manage and evaluate participatory, community-based initiatives to advance the conditions of girls and women. World Education's programs help girls enroll and stay in school and help women gain access to or create new educational, financial, and social resources in their communities. By improving educational opportunities for girls and women, World Education helps women develop skills that allow them to make decisions and influence community change in key areas.