“Let us pick up our books and our pens,’ I said. ‘They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world” (Yousafzai, 2013). Education plays a major role in the lives of people nowadays, where it is very hard to adjust into the society without a form of education for jobs and other daily activities. However, one needs to dig deeper and consider other benefits of education on people, specifically women that can alter the paths of their lives. One great impact of education on women is the increase in their health and well-being, which is something that is lacking in many countries around the world. An issues to discuss is the relationship between female education and maternal mortality around the world, and how a change can influence rates in certain countries. …show more content…
Nigeria, a country is West Africa is a great example when it comes to the issue of health and education as it has one of the world’s highest rate of maternal mortality. The gap between males and females in the educational system is wide and clear with very slight improvement over the last years, This lack of education for women will definitely have an impact on their wellbeing and maternity since they do not have the adequate knowledge to go through 9 months of pregnancy and caring for a fetus. Two studies were conducted as well, that correlate the relationship between education and maternal mortality. In one if the study, the results showed that maternal education had a significant benefit, that even primary education was better than no education. The study showed that the biggest factor that contributed to maternal mortality was actually education and this supports the claim that education can improve society as a whole (Okonofua,1992). The second study concluded that “About 70% of all maternal deaths occurred in women who were illiterate” (Ujah,