The common student phrase , “I don’t want to do homework” is privilege, having access to a free education in California that allows for some undocumented immigrants to have the opportunity to gain an education is privilege. To the girls around the world that do not have this privilege, specifically the 33.3 million girls that are out of school in Sub-Saharan Africa, disbelief and questions arise in regards to what is the cause of this very big gap, and what are the consequences that have come from it.

The high numbers of girls not attending school and not retaining an adequate education is alarming and heartbreaking to say the least, it is a important social issue for girls have been always treated unequal in many parts of life and it is time to bring awareness to the issue and present better solutions for the girls. Not being able to get an education, has caused negative consequences like toxic cultural traditions and ideas applied to the girls , the high rates of sexually transmitted diseases, high pregnancy rates among young girls, high rates of child and mother mortality rates and the continuation of poverty.

Africa has been exploited for its people, its land and its resources for too long, reparations for their educational system need to be started and practiced with the help of financially dominant countries and within their own country as well. It is not as if any harm will be done to the girls, it is in fact a help for the girls, obviously education has vastly different aspects to it, but emphasis on human sexuality allows the knowledge to females and males on their bodies and what is important to have and practice a healthy sex life.

In the rural area of Sub Saharan Africa many parents follow very traditional ideologies that have a negative impacts on the younger generation, for example many do not send their children to school because they believe in order to save money they prefer to have their children work on their lands, or take care of their siblings. Instead of sending them to better their education, which can eventually benefit the older generation in the long run too. If adults of the older generation had received a secondary level education, the levels of poverty would not be as high in the country and instead would be able to help and reduce the poverty levels, instead of feeding into the cycle that has a strain on the children, and the community.

References

http://www.world-forgotten-children.org/blog/child-mortality-in-sub-saharan-africa/54

https://medium.com/@Camfed/making-sure-every-girls-right-is-given-dadf3f445aee

https://www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com/education-in-sub-saharan-africa/