Due to public demand/suggestion, I am going to try to incorporate more video links and reflections this week (apparently we have truly become a visual culture). So, here are a few more videos about the importance of educating ladies.
Recently, the book Half the Sky was made into a PBS mini-series. The entire four hours are available on Netflix Instant Watch, but, this short link is focused specifically on girl's education in Vietnam, and provides yet another prospective to many of the challenges girls face. Specifically, I think this demonstrates how girls are often at the complete mercy of their fathers (in some countries) and their perspectives can change everything.
While primarily we have been focusing so far on just a basic education, the need to provide higher education and vocational training to women is also a huge part of education. Here is another video clip focusing on vocational training for women.
Providing girls and women with more education allows them to enter a different 'level' of society and can lead to longer term impact and change. There have been statistically significant improvements in women's lives when women are involved in politics and other parts of society, at a significant level. Rwanda is one example. Following the '94 Genocide in which 800,000 people were killed, 70% of the country's population was women (therefore, there was demand to include them in many parts of society where they were not previously welcomed). They now, I believe, boast the largest percentage of women within the country's parliament - a majority. Yes, more than just education occurred in this example but education leads to opportunities, which can lead to greater systemic change.
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