Gender Bias: An Contributor to the Lack of Education

The gender bias is probably a strong contributor to the lack of education in some countries. There are some Muslim countries in which some male parents do not allow their female children to have access to an equal education or there are not schools for girls (Due to a Muslim belief, in some countries girls cannot study together with boys. They need separated schools). According to The Malala Foundation, more than 130 million girls are not able to receive a proper education. They do not even go to school. The foundation reports that the countries where there might be most girls without the opportunity to get an education are Afghanistan, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. The foundation focuses on education for girls because of the gender discrimination against girls receiving education. According to the organization Right to Education Initiative, girls face strong gender stereotypes and gender-based violence as one of the principal barriers to receive education. All statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, lead to a definite result where girls out of school rated higher than boys. These results show a gap between the two genders. To get more information about the statistics, visit the Right to education webpage.

References

The Malala Foundation. Retrieved from  https://www.malala.org/about

Women and Girls. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.right-to-education.org/girlswomen