The birth of a child is a blessing for many families, however in third world countries this could be desaturase depending on the gender of the child. If the child is a male the entire community congratulates the family not so if the child is female. Commencing from birth and lasting their entire lifetime, females are treated as less than. Females in third world countries from infancy, adolescence and adulthood are discriminated against thru many different forms of abuse and neglect.
In the book I Am Malala, Malala Y. describes a life of poverty and discrimination against women. She, along with other girls in third world nations, are trying to survive in a world for men. Every aspect of their country is so male dominated that women are
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Poor and uneducated women must struggle daily for basic rights, recognition, and respect. In many nations today, women are still considered their husband's property, wife-beating is justifiable, forced abortion, malnutrition, and killing of female infants are common. Though these women may live far apart they live very similar when it comes to these situations of mistreatment. Many are forced to quit school at a certain age or not even go at all. This lack of education could help them overcome this oppression by showing them a sense of worth. Uneducated women in rural areas of Zambia, for instance, are twice as likely to live in poverty as those who have had eight or more years of education. The longer a girl is able to stay in school, the greater her chances to pursue worthwhile employment, higher education, and a life without the hazards of extreme poverty. A common reason used in third world nations can be figured out with this Pakistan mother’s word, “There is a reason why the poor remain uneducated generation after generation; we simply cannot afford it. It isn't that we do not want to study; it is simply because we can't”. With this we can see that a man would not “waste” money on his daughters education. Rather than get an education they are tasked with numerous household chores. Many of them live their lives in their family’s house or husband’s. They are raised to keep the