Wednesday, May 25, 2011

From UNESCO The long and difficult road to school for girls

UNESCO has commissioned or endorsed a photo exhibition highlighting the difficulties and obstacles girls around the world encounter when trying to gain access to education.  I saw this today and it made me pause to think of how easy it has been for me access a full education from elementary to tertiary. This is a blessing in my life and it is something that I have not always been consciously thankful for having received. So watch and discuss.  


Photo exhibition illustrating the difficulties that girls face all around the world to access education. On the occasion of the signature of the UNESCO Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's Education, 26 May 2011: "Better Life, Better Future" - muet projection

Also remember to volunteer. We all have something to offer. If scheduling the time is a major deterrent, and you cannot commit to visiting and working in an actual space remember that you can become a United Nations Online Volunteer UNV. For further information visit the UNV website     
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5 comments:

  1. robbizle7May 25, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Thanks for sharing. Do you credit the ease with which we access education here in Jamaica to any particular principle that might be missing in other spaces where access for girls is difficult? If you do then what?

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  2. UnknownMay 25, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Hey Andre. I think that amid all our may problems in Jamaica we are a society that values education and training. We also I believe have gender equality. It is the absence of respect for the value of the girl and the woman as agents for culture, partners in development and as valued human beings that has affected some of our brothers in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

    That is the issue that needs to be addressed.

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  3. robbizle7May 25, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    I concur. I slightly take issue with a wholesale classification of Jamaica as having gender equality. I mean think about our sexual practices for example (thats something I happen to know about) multiple concurrent partnerships are expected and tolerated when men are the ones having nuff gyal. But when the flip side becomes the case, there is a blatant double standard.

    I do agree that there is that basic value that women have by virtue of being human that we acknowledge and respect, so its not as bad as in other parts you have mentioned.

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  4. UnknownMay 26, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    In the Jamaican situation I am not talking about sexual relations between men and women I am talking about the fact that in Jamaica in terms to access to education we have achieved a level of equality wherein our girls are just as important as as the boys.

    Yes I think that this the basis of my argument.

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  5. AmandaMay 30, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Sometimes we forget that the things we can easily access on this side of the world, such as a full education, are considered privileges in other parts of the world.
    Education has always been valued as a "way out", especially for groups who have traditionally been marginalized, and it should be treated as a basic human right.

    Exhibitions like the UNESCO one are a powerful, visual way of reminding us of the gender inequality and other dehumanizing challenges that far too many women continue to face. It is also a reminder of the importance, as you said, of volunteering and trying to bring about change.

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