Resources
We hope the following helpful. These resources will help understand the importance of education for impoverished and marginalized children.
Education
World Bank Report on Girls’ Education
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2006/02_19_06/022306_girls_education.htm
Council on Foreign Relations – ‘Girls' Education Key to Global Wealth, Health, New Council Report Finds
http://www.cfr.org/publication/6950/
girls_education_key_to_global_wealth_health_new_council_report_finds.html
We.News – ‘Global Education of Girls Is Key to Development’
http://www.womensenews.org/story/education/010924/global-education-girls-key-development
PLANetWIRE – ‘Saving Women's Lives: Educating Girls’
http://www.planetwire.org/details/1849
Louisiana State University – ‘The Third World’s Fight for Education’
http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jwither/Essays/Education/Karmarcik_Essay.html
Cherie Blair – ‘Women of the World’ – ‘Educating Girls’
http://www.cherieblair.org/women/2008/09/educating-girls.html
Wikipedia – ‘Universal Primary Education’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Primary_Education
United Nations – Vietnam ‘Why do so few ethnic minority girls make the transition to lower secondary school?’
http://www.un.org.vn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=430&Itemid=1
United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative
http://www.ungei.org/
UNICEF – The State of the World’s Children 2004
http://www.unicef.org/sowc04/
UNICEF – ‘Overcoming Barriers to Girls’ Education in South East Asia’ (Whole Book)
http://www.ungei.org/resources/files/whole_book_b.pdf
UNESCO -National Institute for Educational Development, MOET Vietnam
‘Gender Issues in Education in Vietnam’
www.unescobkk.org
UNESCO Education Girls - Education – Primary Education
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30870&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Centre for Global Development - Girls Count: A Global Investment & Action Agenda
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/15154
Girl Effect – Education for Girls
http://educationforgirls.org/girl-effect.html
Girl Effect - YouTube - The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e8xgF0JtVg
Onevietnam: The Case for Investing in Girls | Vietnam Talking Points
http://talk.onevietnam.org/the-case-for-investing-in-girls/
Flying Ducks? Girls' Schooling in Rural Vietnam
Author: Liu, Amy Y. C.1
Source: Asian Economic Journal, Volume 15, Number 4, December 2001, pp. 385-403(19)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Summary: Due to Confucian values, girls are colloquially referred to as `flying ducks' as they are regarded as a loss to the family upon marriage. Cultural values could shape the parents' perception of the rate of the children's income transfer to the parents. If the cultural norms dictate that sons provide old-age security to the parents, while daughters marry and provide no support to the parents, parents may not be willing to invest as much in girls' education relative to boys. Promotion of gender equality and reduction of the reliance on sons in providing old-age security to parents are necessary to ensure that girls have equal opportunities to receive education.
USAID Women in Development (WID): Trafficking Case Study
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/trafficking/cs_stopping_trafficking.html
Trafficking – Education is a Key Step in Changing the Supply & Demand of Human Trafficking
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2010/07_10/07_05_10/070510_trafficking.htm
Prostitution in Thailand and Southeast Asia (paper on)
http://www.links.net/vita/swat/course/prosthai.html