Gender Equality and Access to Education: A Review of factors Inhibiting Girl child Education in Northern Nigeria
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2018
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Legal Network Series, Malaysia
Abstract
The United nations International Convention and the Child Right Act recognizes that education is a basic human rights that every child must enjoy. In traditional societies, there exist the general belief that women are second class citizens. A woman is considered as a man's property and pleasure object, a baby machine factory. This situation has resulted in unfair treatment of women especially with regards to education and has become a matter of concern to stakeholders in Nigeria. This paper examines the concept of and crucial issues on girl child education. The paper identifies socio-economic, cultural pattern, religious misconception, poverty, teenage pregnancy and earry child marriage among others ,as factors militating against girl child education in Northern Nigeria.. The paper using human rights approach, advocates for specific roles and eradication of all discrimination against women and girl child. It outlines promoting education, gender equality marriageable age and empowerment as a way to effectively correct these institutional malpractices. The paper concludes by recommending as a matter of urgency government intervention through specific agencies in redressing these imbalances.
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Child rights Act, Education, Gender, equality, Teachers, Discrimination
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(2018) 1 L N S (A) xx