I AM Malala

Malala is an inspiration to girls, boys, and all children around the world. She speaks up in order to help give girls an education. I am in a class known as MDGs. We talk about the problems that are happening in the world today, and how to fix them if my class and I ever could. Malala is a big part in improving this world. So for our assignment, we created a powerpoint that shows quotes and information from the book I Am Malala. I hope this will help you have better perspective of Malala.

Did Gender Equality Really Progress?

Gerloff, Alfred A. Jr. (2005)  First All Female Crew. 
Web: Wikipedia

In our Humanities class, we had had to right an article that revolves around to different countries, and how women are treated in areas such as government, combat, and domestic violence. The main reason we did this article for an assignment was because my class and I were learning about gender inequality in all areas of the world, from South Africa to the US. I hope this article will help you realize the injustice that gender inequality brings upon the two most progressive countries in the world.

Did Gender Equality Really Progress?
Women have been discriminated ever since the beginning of humankind. Even today, women are still treated like second class citizens. They are treated like they are second class citizens through government, combat, and domestic abuse. But women aren’t just being treated like second class citizens in places like South Africa or Afghanistan. Women in the US and in Poland treated inferior to men, even though both countries say they are more “evolved” and “progressive” than most countries.

Between 2001and 2012, at least 6,488 US troops were killed in Afghanistan. But 11,766 women were killed by their ex male partners during the exact same time frame(Vagianos). Even in wars, it is more risky to be a woman in domestic violence, than it is to be in combat. At least 3 women are murdered per day by their male abuser in the US (Vagianos). Even with this problem, the US states they are the most “evolved” country in the world. Not only is gender inequality in domestic violence, but in the government and politics as well. Data from the 2006 American National Election Studies Pilot Study showed that both male and female voters, regardless of their political persuasions, expected men to perform better as politicians than women. People believe about areas such as combat and national affairs would be best handled by male politicians. As for female politicians, they have been expected to be in areas such as education and child care, rather than any other area of government.(boundless.com). But for the women in military, there are about 203,000 female soldiers in frontal combat. But most times, women in the US are sexually harassment by men all around different areas in the army. Statistics suggest that as high as 1 in 3 women experience sexual assault while in the military, twice the reported statistic for sexual assault among civilians. Even with this injustice, the military’s judicial systems remains outside of the American legal process and most perpetrators of sexual assault go unpunished (Pedowitz). This is an injustice to women all around American, and should be stopped.

Ever since the 90’s, Poland has been striving for gender equality and women's rights. Yet even today, there is a large percentage of of domestic abuse for women. Poland is the country with the lowest rate of violence against women in the European Union (EU), according to a report published in 2008. But even then, Poland has percentage of “just” 19. So is “scoring” lowest a reason to celebrate, or was it rather a wake-up call for Poland. After all, 19 percent still means that almost one if five women in Poland experienced violence. Also, often time, people who are suppose to help such as officers, are reducing domestic abuse as a solvable “conflict” within the family (Mis). Even if Poland improved in gender equality, they still have a lot more progress to make before they truly treat women like first class citizens. But even if the Poland government still needs work on domestic abuse, they’re still striving to stop gender inequality since the late 90’s. In 1997, the Government adopted a first National Programme of Activities in aid of Women, which had been drawn up with a strong involvement and participation of the more than 300 non-governmental organisations for women all around. They have been trying to help women in Poland all around gain high jobs, better pay, have gender equality and much more. Yet, even though women are advancing, there are in total 1153 women in their military fighting frontal combat. In Poland’s defence, there population compared to the US is about 167 times the amount Poland is. Also, Poland has only been accepting women into military academies since 1999, and most of the female soldiers graduated at 2003(Reinsberg). But in the end, Poland government and combat have less sexist than they were a decade before. They still need work on some areas, but they are trying to improve for the better.

In total, America can learn from Poland, and Poland can do do vice versa. Even though Poland and America are different countries, they both have their own histories with gender inequality. We Americans say we are evolved and our country is the most advanced in the world, but looking at the facts, it show that Poland is more progressive than the US. Poland has been trying to eradicate gender inequality since the 1997. Even if they still need work on some areas, they are still going in the right track. As for America, Poland should learn how to accept more women into their military and combat. But in Poland defense, Poland has only excepted women since 1997. Not to mention the population in Poland is at least 167 times smaller than the population in the US. In the end, we can all work together to stopping gender inequality. Sure, there’s always be the one sexsist trying to make sure gender inequality stays. But as long as we treat all people, no matter what race, sex, or gender, well, then the voice of that sexsist will fade away in a crowd speaking for gender equality.

Works Cited

A.Vagianos “30 Shocking Domestic Violence Statistics That Remind Us It’s An Epidemic”
Huffingtonpost.com October 17, 2016
URL:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/domestic-violence-statistics_n_5959776.html

E. Pedowitz “Women Now Allowed In Combat Roles, But We Still See Inequality in the Ranks” mic.com October 17, 2016
URL:https://mic.com/articles/24416/women-now-allowed-in-combat-roles-but-we-still-see-inequality-in-the-ranks#.0nufR5w8

“Gender equality and women's rights / empowerment in Poland” Website:http://ec.europa.eu/
October 18, 2016
URL:http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/gender-equality-and-womens-rights-empowerment-poland_en

“Gender Inequality in Politics” boundless.com 17 Oct. 2016 from
URL:https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/gender-stratification-and-inequality-11/women-in-the-workplace-89/gender-inequality-in-politics-513-10467/

“Gender violence in EU lowest in Poland - should we rejoice?” http://news.trust.org/ October 17, 2016
URL:http://news.trust.org/item/20140306164123-i8wuf/

M. Mis “Gender violence in EU lowest in Poland - should we rejoice?” http://news.trust.org/ October 17, 2016
URL:http://news.trust.org/item/20140306164123-i8wuf/

Gerloff Jr "File:C-130 - First all female crew.jpg" commons.wikimedia.org Oct 20, 2016
URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C-130_-_First_all_female_crew.jpg

Education Should Be a Human Right

 I create this article in my MDG class after learning all about multiple parts of the world that doesn't gain access to education. I hope that whoever reads t will enjoy it at least, and will try to help out on stopping education crises in Africa, America, and the Middle East.

WEISBORD, Bernd. Carolus Magnus Schule-Burundi. Web: Wikicommons

According to a study for the Global Partnership of Education, “Children who don’t go to school are often the most vulnerable and marginalized”. Children are forced to work with their families, just because some families can’t afford an education. They will grow up into the same situation as their parents, and will repeat the same process with their own children. There are other reasons, such as people going to school would result with helping their families with income. The other reason would be that it would help out the economy in multiple ways. The final reason is there would be less poverty and economic struggle in the world. I believe ensuring that all children should go to school, not should, but must be considered a human right.

According to UNESCO, at least 61 million primary school-age children were not enrolled in school in 2010 . At least 47% of these children were never expected to enter school, and 26% attended school but left. As they grow up, they will become part of people 3 billion people that are below the poverty line. When people are not educated, they have a harder time finding jobs and an even worst time supporting a family with the income of that job. They couldn’t afford most needs, (such as warmth, proper food , and proper clothing)and would have to live in the worst of conditions. They would also have little to no medical help, since most jobs that are for people that haven’t graduated college or high school, doesn’t give medical help at all. This is why Education falls into the Safety category in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In this world today, people must need shelter, food, water, medical help,and warmth to survive. The consequences of not fulfilling these would have a terrible effect onto the families across the globe. Without proper education, people would lack the certain qualities to gain jobs that support families with the correct amount of income they need to survive. Without a certain amount of income, people can’t be able to afford essentials such of protection and medical help to survive. In 2011, 165 million children under the age 5 were stunted due to chronic malnutrition. (Do something. org) because people in poverty can’t afford medical help for children. Their lack of money is because of the lack of education they had when they were children.

In most cases, gaining education leads to higher paying jobs. This would lead to a higher pay rate, and a better economy. The State of Working America, or the SWA, has done a survey and found out that most people who are looking for job are not the ones fit for it“Job seekers outnumber job openings by a significant margin—in September 2010, the ratio was 5 to 1.”. This is because people would either not go to school, or couldn’t be able to finish school. Without education, people cannot be able to gain certain jobs that some economies desperately needs. This isn’t happening just in the U.S . In Hatch, Africa, a man named Adrian Young spoke out for African Academy about for the lack of engineers in South Africa. He states how the Engineering Industry is lacking of so many engineers, they had to expand to expatriate professionals.(African Academy) This is because many Africans don’t have the proper education for primary schools, and because of that, people couldn’t go to college. If we do create a better and more accessible primary education, then we might be able to help the economy grow by gaining the better and more needed jobs that economies need.

We have to stop saying to ourselves that everything will be fine. We have to start thinking about the future, and to do that, we have to start thinking about the next generation of the future. In most cases,the best thing to do to give children proper teachers and staff first. In 2002, an analysis was made, and it was found out that the teachers working in public schools in Texas, at least 1 out of 3 lacked academic training or proper certification.(Department of Education/Time Magazine)What we need to do is to bring more money for better teachers and better staff. We can gain them in two ways. We can be able be taxed by the U.S.government, or we can create fundraisers to help gain better staff and better teachers. As for the children in Africa, we can be able to bring schools to them as well with the help of fundraising as well.

If children weren’t able to gain a proper education, then it would be harder to find a proper job in places such as cities and economically advanced parts of the world. They would descend into poverty, and not gain access to medical and financial help, and could not afford shelter, nor food. But if we worked together, we could be able to gain a proper education for primary schools, and make it accessible in all parts of world.

Works Cited:

“11 Facts About Education Around the World” Dosomething.org 2016, Oct 2. URL:https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-education-around-world

“11 Facts About Global Poverty”. DoSomething.org 2016 Oct 2. URL:https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-poverty

“Critical Skills Shortage in South Africa”. africanacademy.com 2016, Oct 2.
URL:http://africanacademy.co.za/critical-skills-shortage-in-south-africa/

“Out-of-school Children” globalpartnership.org 2016, Oct 2. URL:http://www.globalpartnership.org/focus-areas/out-of-school-children

Rotherham, A. “The Education Crisis No One Is Talking About ”. Content.time.com 2016, Oct 2. URL:http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2070930,00.html