10 Questions

Activist, Julia Schaufler Mendez, on Girls Education

What is wrong with girls education? In some countries girls are not allowed to go to school because men are afraid that women will be more powerful than them, but although in some countries families are too poor to send that their girls to school. Why is education for girls so important? Because girls will know how to take care of themselves, so they wont get sick sooner girls could also get jobs that would help their families. Which continent has the highest amount of girls that don't go to school and why? Africa has the highest because many people there are poor and can't afford to go to school, and also in Africa it is harder for a girl to live. Why do you think most girls don't stand up for themselves? Because they might be afraid of getting hurt. I mean the men have more physical power than woman, so they could do so much more harm to girls. For example, Malala Yousafzai got shot in the head by men because she stood up for what she thought was right. Why is it better for the world if more girls go to school? If more girls would go to school many sicknesses would be less, like aids and others. There would be more money made around the world because they could get jobs. How many girls do not go to school each year? About 65 million girls are being denied access to school each year. But it really does depend on the place they are in. In some places girls are allowed to go to schoo,l but in others they are not.In your opinion do you think people want to educate girls more or not? I think that depends on what people think. Sometimes people think that girls should be educated, some might not, but what I think is that is that many people are trying to get girls to be educated than before because of recent events that happened.If some girls don't go to school what do they do instead?Most of the girls stay at home and clean the houses, cook, and do the things at home. They care for the people that are home. Like clean, cook, get water, get food, and also help the people that are around like neighbors or the babies with the mother. Why do some girls not want to go to school?For some girls their family is poor and their do not want to spend their money on school. But for others it could be that there is too much work at home, so parents want them to stay home or they just dont want to go. What organization wants to help the girls education more?I think that GPE (Global Partners for Education) really wants to help girls to educate more around the world. They have traveled all over the world and helped girls attend school.