Educating Girls
If families cannot afford to send all their children to school, who is usually given the opportunity to get an education?
Usually the boys in the family are given the opportunity for an education over the girls.
Overtime what has effected youth expectations and thinking?
Access of television, computers, and other media.
Employers often choose to hire children over adults because...
Children can get lower wages, they wont protest or sue and they are often very enthusiastic.
What are some actions we can take to help women who live in poverty?
develop economic reforms that increase women's access to financial services, assets and resources, including land ownership and property rights.
In what year did the UN place limits on the use of children and youth in the military forces.
in 2002 the limits were in place but in 2003 it was condemned as a war crime by the international criminal court.
What are some of the roles girls have if they don't have the opportunity to have an education?
They take on the responsibility of maintaining households with their mothers. They look after infants, fetch firewood and water, tend to animals and take care of crops.
In what way might the globalization effecting family income effect youth?
More responsibilities in the family at an early age. These responsibilities can be watching siblings, cooking, cleaning and working. The youth would end up to maturing fast by taking uo these adult roles.
How were working children treated during the Industrial Revolution? How does this effect their opportunities?
These children worked exessive hours, had malnutrition and suffered from lack of care. Due to this children had to drop out of school and their opportunities would lessen because they would be uneducated.
What is the most available employment for women n developing countries?
Low-skilled jobs such as clothing manufacturing, this work is often poorly paid with long hours and difficult working conditions.
In the 21 century the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality identified several concerns what are they?
1. violence 5. health
2. poverty 6. armed conflict
3. education 7. women in power
4. training
Why aren't some girls in developing countries able to get an education?
Child marriage and teen pregnancy require girls to take care of children rather than go to school.
In Latin America, government started to increase investments in industries supporting economic globalization, but decreased spending on youth social programs. Who does this begin to effect and why?
This effects vulnerable families, children who feel responsible for helping extended family because they are not getting the help they need. The decreased spending for social programs also increases poverty.
Availability of weapons that are easy for children fo cary and use.
One opinion is that globalization allows more women to find work in:
Branch plants and offices of foreign owned firms in their home countries, this work offers higher salaries and better opportunities for advancement than are available in local businesses and industries.
Is globalization one of reasons why children rights are so easily violated?
Globalization has spread the Western vision of what childhood and youth should be like through increased access to televisions, computers, and other media. This supports the idea that children should have time to enjoy their childhood, they should be provided with risk free opportunities to experience life situations.
What does education empower women to demand?
They demand better treatment from society: it leads to the participation of women in the leadership and governments of their countries and in the world.
Hey What cuts would the government participating in globalization result in?
This would result in increasing street children.
Globalization of media and communication technology has led to an awareness of what regarding child employment?
There is a higher awarness of child soldiers, international organizations, and bad child labor.
Where does majority of the support for women workers come from?
From NGO's (non-government organizations) Since the 1990's Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing organization have attempted to protect and bring the benefits of globalization yo workers not connected to a large company by connecting them with global trade unions that help promote and protect women's interests.
what did studies show when women were educated
that it improved the health of their entire family and it leads to a decrease in infant mortality rates
What are some advantages to both male and females when girls get an education?
-educated females are likely to pass on what they have learned to other family members.
-They are able to seek employment opportunities that will raise the standard of living and quality of life, which in turn, raises the standard of living in the countries where they live.
-Educated females have been shown to improve the heath of their entire family.
In Latin America some governments increase investment industries to participate in a globalized economy. What does this reduce?
This reduces spending on social programs that support education, welfare, housing, and medical care.
Has globalization benefited or hurt children in the workplace?
Yes and no, because this lets youth earn money but in the process many children get used and treated poorly.
Issue: Sweatshop labour.
Globalization has led to increased employment of women workers producing products for export, where they often earn low wages and have substandard working conditions.
Potential Actions:
-Take legal action against clothing manufacturers and retailers who rely on sweatshop labour.
-Use media to expose employers abuses.
-Consumers can boycott goods made in sweatshops.
-Pass international legislation to promote and protect workers labour rights.
In some society's women are not allowed to do following?
Are not allowed to work in the same workforce as the men, there work is as such as house keeping, childcare and meal prep which they do not get paid for.