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Select outtakes from the below linked article: 1. Nearly 22.6 million children (ages 5 through 16) are not in school in Pakistan. In fact, 44 percent of boys a
by DoreenMichele 5y ago
Select outtakes from the below linked article:
1. Nearly 22.6 million children (ages 5 through 16) are not in school in Pakistan. In fact, 44 percent of boys and 56 percent of girls in Pakistan do not go to school. Both boys and girls are being denied the right to an education; however, girls are disproportionately affected.
2. Early marriage interrupts young girls’ education. This common Pakistani custom places intense societal pressures that restrict girls from continuing their education once married. In fact, 21 percent of girls are married by their eighteenth birthday, and three percent are married by the age of 15. For every year a girl continues her secondary education, she reduces her chances of becoming a child bride by 3.4 percent. Currently, the government is working to raise the legal marriage age to 18 in order to protect these girls.
3. The Taliban restricts girls’ rights to education.
https://www.borgenmagazine.com/top-10-facts-about-girls-education-in-pakistan/ https://www.borgenmagazine.com/top-10-facts-about-girls-educ...