{"id":60971,"date":"2017-10-12T20:21:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T01:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethiopanorama.com\/?p=60971"},"modified":"2017-10-12T21:18:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T02:18:41","slug":"revealed-the-10-worst-countries-for-girls-to-get-an-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/?p=60971","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: the 10 worst countries for girls to get an education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Campaigners urge action on \u2018global crisis\u2019 as research shows 73% of girls in South Sudan \u2013 and 130 million worldwide \u2013 are missing out on school<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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Girls sit amid the ruins of a primary school burned down in fighting at the Malakal protection of civilians site in South Sudan. Photograph: George\/Unicef<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Campaigners urge action on \u2018global crisis\u2019 as research shows 73% of girls in South Sudan \u2013 and 130 million worldwide \u2013 are missing out on school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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South Sudan<\/a> has been named as the toughest nation in the world for girls to receive an education, with nearly three-quarters failing to attend even primary school, according to an index published this week.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic, where there is only one teacher for every 80 students, and Niger, where just 17% of women aged 15 to 24 are literate, followed South Sudan on the list compiled by the One campaign<\/a>, which estimates that more than 130 million girls worldwide fail to attend school every single day of the year.<\/p>\n

Nine of the top 10 most difficult nations for girls to be educated are in sub-Saharan Africa<\/a>. Afghanistan, which has the highest level of gender disparity in primary school, is the only non-African country to make the list, ranking in fourth place. Chad is fifth, followed by Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

Some countries \u2013 including Somalia and Syria \u2013 could not be included on the list as they had insufficient data about girls and education rates. Although many school-age boys in conflict zones, including the 10 countries listed, often fail to attend class, in some nations the gender gap is particularly striking. In Central African Republic, for example, nearly twice as many girls (38%) are out of school as boys (20%).<\/p>\n

Research shows that girls who are not educated are more at risk of poverty, child marriage, violence and prone to diseases, including HIV and Aids.<\/p>\n

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Gayle Smith, president of the One campaign, said the failure to both educate and count girls in education is \u201ca global crisis that perpetuates poverty\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 130 million girls are still out of school \u2013 that\u2019s over 130 million potential engineers, entrepreneurs, teachers and politicians whose leadership the world is missing out on,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThis is not just about getting more girls into school, it\u2019s about the women they grow up to be: educated, empowered and employed.\u201d<\/p>\n