Inequality in Education: A Global Issue
According to the World Bank Group, out of the 7.442 billion people in the world in 2016, 49.558 were female (“Population”, 2016). Although women make up roughly half of the world’s population, they experience discrimination and inequality in nearly every culture. One of the biggest injustices against women and girls is their lack of education in certain areas around the world. A global issue that resonates across cultures is the inequality of education for girls.
An unequal education for girls creates limited opportunities for them in the future. Clearly, without schooling, girls are left without the experience, knowledge or credentials required to succeed later in life. Despite what many believe, there are still millions of girls that never have received a formal education. The World Bank Organization, an international institution that provides loans to developing countries, found that, “according to UNESCO estimates, 130 million girls between the age of 6 and 17 are out of school and 15 million girls of primary-school age—half of them in sub-Saharan Africa—will never enter a classroom” ("Girls' Education" 2017). Obviously, there is a shocking number of young women who are never given a chance to learn basic life skills or the abilities they need to get hired by employers. In many places around the world, it is viewed as simply unnecessary for girls to go to school, because they are expected to have domestic duties or earn money through unskilled labor. However, without going to school, girls never
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In some developing countries, girls never even set foot in a school. They are not given the opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge they would need to succeed later in life. This discrimination must end, and it must end at once. After all, if the 49% of the world’s population that is women were granted the same opportunities as men, who knows what mankind might