What Are The Barriers Of Women's Education

Today, I want to talk about women’s education. This is not only getting the girls into the school, but also letting them make their own decisions and give them the chance to contribute to the world.

First of all, for many girls, the barriers are that they don’t own enough resources to get into the school. I am very lucky that I was born in a big city in China, my parents didn't look down on me because I am a girl. I went to school, received the basic education and obtain the chance to study abroad while there are still fifty million children in other regions of China don't have enough money to pay the fee in order to get into the school and there are still seven million children drop out of school every day. In some tiny remote villages in northern China, in order to get to school on time, children have no choice but to wake up at 2 a.m.; when the sky is still dark; when they must walk along the rough mountain track with barefoot, with no water or food for at least five hours to arrive at school. Due to the great distance, they can only go home once a month. Moreover, those families which can only afford one child to receive the education, they will choose the boy and leave the girl at home. Consequently, the girls are not receiving the real formal education. They are trained to learn how to do the farming, cook for the

It is the attitude people have towards women’s education. The pressure from the society consequently stop girls from going to school. In a lot of developing countries, people no matter what gender, believe that girls should get married early, at about twelve to thirteen years old, and have children as early as possible. Girls are not allowed to attend school. They should stay home, do the household labour, cook the meal, do the farming and support their families. In their mind, school is the place where it will ruin the girls, strip them out of their identities, religions and their traditions rather than a place for a proper