MUN Club GA3 Female access to education

In 1849, Elisabeth Blackwell ..............

• becomes the first female University professor.

• becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserting that education is a fundamental human right for all regardless of gender, is adopted by the UN in ...

• 1948

• 2003

• 1239

What is "Gender Parity"?

• An international non-profit organisation that tackles poverty and inequality

• The proportion of males and females that possess reading and writing skills

• Achieving an equal representation of males and females in education

• A UN agency that advocates for the protection and welfare of children and young women

This is the specialised agency of the United Nations that works towards inclusive and quality education for all (acronym)

(a)  

"Malala Fund" is a non-profit organisation founded by Malala Yousafzai,

• supporting girls' education globally and providing quality education to girls in marginalised communities

• repurposing donated computers and providing digital literacy to schools in poor communities

• addressing problems of inadequate infrastructure in remote areas

The MENA region includes countries such as ...

• India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

• Grenada, Saint Lucia and Jamaica

• Jordan, Syria and Iraq

In countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

• 1 in 3 young women remain uneducated and unemployed

• women have been attending tertiary education at an increasing rate in the past decade

• tertiary education continues to be segregated by gender

Overall, professors are overwhelmingly

• white women

• white men

• coloured men

• coloured women

What are the main challenges that women in higher education face? (Choose all the correct answers)

• family responsibilities

• financial inequality

• implicit bias in recruitment

• outcome of peer review and number of citations

Female access to education can be a problem due to ... (choose all the correct answers)

• Gender discrimination that perpetuate inequalities

• Early marriage and pregnancy

• Financial limitations

• competitive behaviour from boys