• Girls Rising
  Girls Rising is a fantastic documentary about the power of educating a girl.  Also check out this fact sheet for statistics sited in the film.  Some of the facts include:
  • There are 33 million fewer girls than boys in primary school.
  • In a single year, an estimated 150 million girls are victims of sexual violence.
  • A girl with an extra year of education can earn 20% more as an adult
• Kakenya Ntaiya: A girl who demanded school
  Kakenya Ntaiya is from Kenya and demanded she get an education!  Check out these videos to learn more about her.
  • A report from Marc Fennell
  • Kakenya’s TED Talk

• Seven facts about education in Nepal.
  Did you know that school attendance has been unequal across income and gender groups, due to poverty and lack of value on education?  Check out more facts here.
• Women and the education system in Nepal
  Recent reports have found out that Nepal has an adult literacy rate of 56.6% with a huge variation between men and women. While male literacy rate is 71.6%, it is only 44.5% for women.

• Girls Education in Uganda

According to UNICEF, approximately 35% of girls drop out of school because of early marriage and 23% do so because of early pregnancy. In Uganda, the teenage pregnancy rate is 24% with regional variations. This increases to 34% in the poorest households. In rural areas 24% of girls experience early pregnancy compared with 16% of wealthier households and 21% of urban girls.The practice of early marriage is still prevalent in Uganda and is highly associated with lower female access to secondary education. In 2013, Uganda was ranked 16th among 25 countries with the highest rates of early marriages, with 46% of girls marrying before 18 years, and 12% before they are 15 years. In regions where girls are married before the legal age of 18, female secondary education is lower.

• Women and Education in Canada
  Progress is possible!

   

  Women have progressed considerably in terms of education and schooling [in Canada] over the past few decades. Just 20 years ago, a smaller percentage of women than men aged 25 to 54 had a post secondary education. Today, the situation is completely different. Education indicators show that women generally do better than men. This gap in favour of women is even noticeable at a young age, since girls often get better marks than boys in elementary and secondary school.

  As well, more girls than boys earn their high school diploma within the expected time frame and girls are less likely to drop out. More women than men enrol in college and university programs after completing their high school education. A greater percentage of women leave these programs with a diploma or degree. Despite all that, certain challenges persist: women’s employment earnings are on average still lower than men’s, even when they have the same education level.