Girls' Global Education

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

122 million girls worldwide do not attend school with disproportionately low levels of enrollment, attendance, and dropout rates in low-income countries and those facing fragility and violence. Educational attainment for women is associated with improved health for them and their children and economic development for whole countries. In this course, students will be exposed to the opportunities for and barriers to girls’ education around the globe. We will explore the upward trend and diminishing gender gap for girls’ educational access while considering the importance of these trends against the personal adversity many of the most marginalized girls face when seeking education. Students will consider cultural norms around gender and education to develop a multi-dimensional perspective toward educational access and gender. Students will have a deeper awareness of the reality of girls’ education around the world, especially those in severely impoverished countries and contexts.