Gender discrimination is a very important issue that needs to be talked about. Humans are human, regardless of whether they are male or female, black or white, Asian or European. But not all cultures see it that way, not all governments work on it like that. Gender inequality around the world is quite common. But even more hurtful is gender discrimination even in a basic need like education. For example, only 88 percent of girls complete primary school, only 66 percent complete secondary school, and only 41 percent complete high school education. 31 million girls worldwide are unenrolled in primary school. 34 million adolescent girls are unenrolled in middle school.
Especially in middle east countries gender inequality in education is higher. For example, in Saudi Arabia, education based on gender discrimination is provided, except for kindergarten. Although basic education is not compulsory, the primary school enrollment rate is 96.5%. There are 5,274,205 students studying in the country. 12.7% of these students are educated in private schools. The average number of students per class is 21.7 and the number of students per teacher is 10.4. In the country where the language of education is Arabic, the rate of illiterate people is 5.6%. About ¼ of the budget in Saudi Arabia is devoted to education.
Culture is the main reason for gender discrimination in education in the Middle East. In this culture, girls are considered women after they reach the age of 12. which is ridiculous because 12 is not even a puberty age so they are still even considered as child in science, but they call them women. Therefore 12-year-old girls are forced by their parents to drop out of school and get married. These girls are not only forced into marriage, but they are also forced to have children at the age of 15 and work to support the household.
Based on what I said, we can say “Geography is destiny for women.” But saying that will only increase this discrimination even more. As Gloria Steinem says: “A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.” So yes, we should increase the awareness on this issue but not like that. As a result, we must put an end to gender discrimination without gender discrimination.