Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Education, gender and equal opportunities


Every child has the right to education and is the duty of government to ensure at least primary education free and compulsory. The application of school discipline should respect the child's dignity as a human person.
Convention on the Rights of the Child.

According to UNICEF, the school is not only an essential tool for the physical and intellectual development of children, but protect them from child labor and other forms of exploitation, and are kept in a secure environment.

In 2010, according to UNESCO data, the number of children out of school worldwide is around 72 million, and in developing countries 54% of children out of school is female.

The economic crisis and the slowdown of investment in education are undermining the chances of receiving appropriate education to millions of children worldwide. And even worse, increases the gap in women discrimination in access to education.

A remedy to the poverty that now extends to all countries, and especially is stronger in less developed countries, is universal access to education without discrimination based on gender.

In times of crisis when we talk about doing more with less, I do not doubt that the best investment is made in education.

Richer countries should not condemn the child population to a future without opportunity. Whatever the reason, a humanitarian crisis by natural disasters, displacement into refugee camps, corrupt governments that do not respect the rights and fundamental freedoms, education of children should be an obligation and a priority for the community.

The privileged who have received at least primary education compulsory and free as a recognized right, should only be satisfied when education is not a privilege but a right for all countries. While this is not so, there is no time to waste in this struggle for equality of opportunity, not complacency.

http://www.unicef.es/index.htm



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