Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from 1960 Seminar on Participation of Women in Public Life: Addis Ababa, 12 to 23 December, 1960
Bl. Discrimination in Opportunities for education for girls and boys was deplored. In some countries important gaps existed at the primary level; in rural areas in particular, girls were frequently kept at home to assist with the work in the house and on the farm. Often it was considered socially undesirable for girls to travel from their homes to school, and even in cases where they attended primary school for a year or two they were taken away by their parents in order to enter into early marriages. In some communities a prospective bridegroom had the right to select the curriculum for his future bride. These situations also prevented girls from proceeding to secondary schools. The cost of higher education was stressed as an important factor restricting its availability to both boys and girls, but more particularly to girls. It was pointed out that if more numerous and varied posts for girls with higher education were developed, this would encourage parents to permit them to continue their studies. The view was expressed that an important aspect of university education was the fact that it furnished a training in social responsibility but this training was wasted unless graduates were given the opportunity of assuming responsibilities after graduation. In the words of one participant, the educated woman who does not take responsibility is an expensive addition to society.
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