02.25.07
What can the international community do?
What can the international community do?
http://www.netaid.org/global_poverty/girls-education/
Many programs that target girls’ education are showing considerable success in increasing enrollment and completion. A World Food Program initiative that provided both food and take home rations for students increased girls’ attendance by at least 50 percent in all targeted countries. Non-formal schools established in rural areas by the Bangladesh Rural Action Committee achieved 90 percent completion rates, compared to 53 percent completion in government schools.
Donor nations can help by increasing aid to these important initiatives. Currently, only Norway and the Netherlands pay their fair share of the funding needed to guarantee universal access to education, while the U.S. ranks 19th out of 21 donor countries. Debt relief has also helped many countries pay for their education programs. Niger, for example, is using 40 percent of the funds freed up by debt relief to fund their universal primary education program.
