Women and Education

Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights emphasizes the right of everyone to education. It further provides that: "Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit ... Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms"(United Nations [UN], 1948).1 Equal access to education by girls and boys, women and men is further elaborated in the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) and in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 1995, education and training was one of the key areas of the Beijing Platform for Action (UN, 1996).

Title of the text:

Women  and Education

Author of the text:

Maria Helen F. Dayo & Jeanne Frances I. Illo

Title of the journal:

Review of women's studies

Url or Web Address:

 http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/rws/article/view/6162

Main Idea:

The main idea of this text talks about the Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that emphasizes the right of everyone to education.

Evidence:

This report was prepared by Maria Helen F. Dayo, Director, UPLB Gender Center and President of Womenís Studies Association of the Philippines (WSAP), and Jeanne Frances I. Illo, a former WSAP president and a gender evaluator of basic education programs and projects. 1 On 11 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of Human Rights Education and Training. This Declaration stresses in Article 1, Sec. 2: ìHuman rights in education and training is essential for the promotion of universal respect for and observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, in accordance with the principles of the universality, indivisibility and Interdependence of human rightsî (UN, 2011).



We choose this article first we all know education is a very important foundation for all of us. Education can lead you to a better life or succeed in life so that our government improve articles for education like the article 26 which conclude the right of everyone in education. So education is a important thing in life cause you will gain much knowledge not only in very subjects but also about life by education our knowledge about life will be open to know or to created an overview on how life works with all the issues and problems. Education is very important to women cause they will be the one who will carry life so to protect or to get away from problems like poverty women needs education. We all know that women in 18th century women's have been criticize as week and no purpose to educate but women's prove that they were worthy and can things that men do.