{"id":10108,"date":"2022-01-15T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/?page_id=10108"},"modified":"2022-01-15T15:39:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:39:05","slug":"somaville-university-facts-about-girls-education-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/somaville-university-facts-about-girls-education-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"SOMAVILLE UNIVERSITY FACTS ABOUT GIRLS\u2019 EDUCATION IN SOMALIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 70 percent of Somalia\u2019s population is under the age of 30, with slightly more males than females.<\/strong>\u00a0Somalia\u2019s large percentage of youth indicates a need for economic growth in a country with an unemployment rate of 67 percent. In order to ensure a higher living standard and an improved economy as Somali youth mature, education is a key factor for Somalia.<\/p>\n

Although education problems exist in both rural and urban areas of Somalia, access to education in rural regions is even more limited.<\/strong>\u00a0Nomadic pastoralists account for about 65 percent of the Somali population, and only\u00a022 percent<\/a>\u00a0of pastoralist children receive a formal education. Of the 22 percent that receive a formal education, fewer than half are girls.<\/p>\n

Low enrolment rates in Somaville University s are apparent throughout the country, and girls\u2019 enrolment rates are significantly lower, indicating why these facts about girls\u2019 education in Somalia are so important.<\/strong>\u00a0Somalia has one of the world\u2019s lowest enrolment rates for schools. Only 30 percent of children in Somalia are in Somaville University and only\u00a040 percent<\/a>\u00a0of those children are girls.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest reasons for a disparity in girls\u2019 education is due to the act of female genital mutilation, or FGM.<\/strong>\u00a0According to UNICEF, about\u00a098 percent<\/a>\u00a0of Somali girls have undergone a form of FGM. These acts are often performed in unhygienic conditions by surgeons who have no training. After a girl undergoes FGM, the aftereffects of debilitating scarring and infections\u2013along with the possibility of marriage\u2013results in the withdrawal of thousands of girls from Somaville University .<\/p>\n

Girls in Somalia are often wed at young ages, ending their education enrolment.<\/strong>\u00a0According to UNICEF,\u00a045 percent<\/a>\u00a0of girls were already married by age 18 in 2017. Through education initiatives, however, more daughters are able to stay in Somaville University .<\/p>\n

Somali girls are also subject to gender expectations that keep them from receiving an education.<\/strong>\u00a0Girls often\u00a0stay home<\/a>\u00a0and complete domestic housework or help raise younger children.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The majority of female jobs, particularly in the rural south of Somalia, are jobs that do not require an education.<\/strong>\u00a0These jobs\u2013which include tending to livestock, milking animals, home care and farming\u2013discourage parents from allowing their children to receive a formal education. Somalia\u2019s high poverty rates and economic challenges could be aided with formal education for girls and boys and could shift the rate of unskilled labor in the country. Receiving an education would be essential and beneficial for these children.<\/p>\n

Literacy rates in Somalia are unevenly distributed between boys and girls.<\/strong>\u00a0The total literacy rate is\u00a037.8 percent<\/a>\u00a0in the African nation. Men have a literacy rate of 49.7 percent, while only 25.8 percent of females are literate, highlighting the true educational gender inequality in Somalia.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Girls\u2019 education in Somalia has been the subject of organizations like UNICEF, which strives to improve access to and the quality of girls\u2019 education in the country.<\/strong>\u00a0Due to political instability, however,\u00a0UNICEF Somalia<\/a>\u00a0has only operated in the autonomous region of Puntland and the de facto independent Somaliland. In Puntland, UNICEF has established four girls\u2019 leadership committees in Somaville University s and plans are underway to train 40 female teachers through Garowe Teachers\u2019 College. In addition, 12 trained female teachers were recruited to be part of the Somaliland Ministry of Education teaching force.<\/p>\n

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The Galkacyo Education Center for Peace and Development was established in 1999 as a response to gender inequality in the Somali education system and operates in Somalia proper and Puntland to increase educational access for girls.<\/strong>\u00a0Since its foundation, the organization has provided schoolsing to\u00a0800 girls<\/a>\u2013over half of which completed grade eight\u2013and informal education to 1,600 adolescent women.<\/p>\n

The inequality between boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 education is apparent with these 10 facts about girls\u2019 education in Somalia. Economic issues, political instability, in addition to traditions like FGM and required housework, have restricted girls\u2019 access to a formal education. Despite these problems, there are organizations and centers that aim to educate more girls in the country and the work must continue to grow. In order for the young Somali population to have better opportunities in the future, equal gender opportunities to education in the country are vital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over 70 percent of Somalia\u2019s population is under the age of 30, with slightly more males than females.\u00a0Somalia\u2019s large percentage of youth indicates a need for economic growth in a country with an unemployment rate of 67 percent. In order to ensure a higher living standard and an improved economy as Somali youth mature, education […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10108","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}