Educational Rights
The fact that women’s status is low by all social, economic, and political indicators has made it a subject of a great concern. The literacy rate for urban women is more than five times the rate for rural women."The school drop-out rate among girls is very high (almost 50 percent), the educational achievements of female students are higher as compared with male students at different levels of education.Just 40% of women can read, versus 69% of men, and just 65% of appropriately-aged girls are enrolled in primary school, versus 79% of boys the same age. Overall literacy is only 44 percent while adult female literacy is less than 30 percent
Cult of the fundamentalists mostly in tribal and rural areas of Pakistan does not allow females get education. They say it is a western intrigue to make their women liberal. With the advent of Talibanization, the girls' schools are openly threatened to close their centers else, their educational premises would be blasted. Such news in North Western part of Pakistan has become common today and several girls’ schools have been devastated by such crimes."(Noureen, Awan, 2011)
Recently, a 15 year old, Pakistani girl-Malala Yousafzai was attacked for trying to get an education, and for speaking up for other girls who wanted an education. She became known around the world as a hero for her courage in fighting for the rights of girls in Pakistan.
Cult of the fundamentalists mostly in tribal and rural areas of Pakistan does not allow females get education. They say it is a western intrigue to make their women liberal. With the advent of Talibanization, the girls' schools are openly threatened to close their centers else, their educational premises would be blasted. Such news in North Western part of Pakistan has become common today and several girls’ schools have been devastated by such crimes."(Noureen, Awan, 2011)
Recently, a 15 year old, Pakistani girl-Malala Yousafzai was attacked for trying to get an education, and for speaking up for other girls who wanted an education. She became known around the world as a hero for her courage in fighting for the rights of girls in Pakistan.
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