The Ripple Effect:
The issue of female education leads to a ripple effect in areas that are affect by this lack of education for women.Therefore, the issue has spread, developed and continued thorugh the areas and over time through generations with little hope of putting a stop to this cycle.
Any girl has ambitions and dreams, but living without education puts an end to these very quickly.
A ripple effect describes the result of a series of events that continues in a cycle for generations. This can either be positive or, in most cases in developing countries, negative.
The ripple effect affecting women in developing countries not recieveing education, is a continuous cycle of women who are unable to improve their own lives and the lives of their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren .... until the cycle is broken.
If no change is made, a girl, who is acknowledged as a woman by 12 years of age, faces the responsibilities of an adult. She holds the burden of being married off.
Research in developing countries has shown a consistent relationship between better infant and child health and higher levels of schooling among mothers. (George T. Bicego and J. Ties Boerma, “Maternal Education and Child Survival: A Compara- tive Study of Survey Data from 17 Countries,” Social Science and Medicine 36 (9) [May 1993]: 1207–27.) A positive ripple effect is therefore demonstrated when change in a girls education level is made.
The ripple effect of women getting an education is not only bettering the lives of these women; but in the long run, will better the whole country. This effect is demonstrated in the education system in Kenya where 1.6 million girls are high school drop-out. If they could finish their secondary eduction they would make 30% more money and contribute $3.2 billion to Kenyan economy every year.
Any girl has ambitions and dreams, but living without education puts an end to these very quickly.
A ripple effect describes the result of a series of events that continues in a cycle for generations. This can either be positive or, in most cases in developing countries, negative.
The ripple effect affecting women in developing countries not recieveing education, is a continuous cycle of women who are unable to improve their own lives and the lives of their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren .... until the cycle is broken.
If no change is made, a girl, who is acknowledged as a woman by 12 years of age, faces the responsibilities of an adult. She holds the burden of being married off.
Research in developing countries has shown a consistent relationship between better infant and child health and higher levels of schooling among mothers. (George T. Bicego and J. Ties Boerma, “Maternal Education and Child Survival: A Compara- tive Study of Survey Data from 17 Countries,” Social Science and Medicine 36 (9) [May 1993]: 1207–27.) A positive ripple effect is therefore demonstrated when change in a girls education level is made.
The ripple effect of women getting an education is not only bettering the lives of these women; but in the long run, will better the whole country. This effect is demonstrated in the education system in Kenya where 1.6 million girls are high school drop-out. If they could finish their secondary eduction they would make 30% more money and contribute $3.2 billion to Kenyan economy every year.