There is a clear difference in the education a woman can get based on where they live. In the rural parts of Pakistan, women struggle to get up to the secondary level of education while women in urban areas can get from basic to masters' level education. Vocational and technical schools have recently been set up around Pakistan to try and help women in rural communities adapt to the changing environment. The problem with the schools is that they typically choose to teach women sewing and embroidery, trades that are helpful but have low wages and the employment opportunities are also low.
It is hard for me to hear that women in rural areas are being held back because of where they live. Women in urban areas have opportunities to go to secondary school, colleges, universities, and receive scholarships to study abroad. Women from urban areas find it easier after going to a university to obtain a respectable, high paying job. Looking at how women are educated in Pakistan compared to how far women can be educated in the United States is drastically different. Women in the United States have had freedom to attend college and have high paying jobs for decades, while women in Pakistan are just starting to be able to do the things women in the United States can do.
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It's pretty sad to know that women in certain areas in Pakistan are still having this problems while we, in the other part of the world, are lucky enough to get as high education as we want.
ReplyDeletewell written, Stacy :)
It is sad, but it goes along with the book we are reading, "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Mr. Mortenson helped build schools in the areas of Pakistan that are rural and receive little to no aid from the Pakistani government. Thanks to people like Mr. Mortenson some rural areas have schools for children to be educated with the basic skills like, math, reading and writing.
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