The paper looks into and examines how discussions about radical topics, which primarily occur in far-flung locations, have converged on the issue of girls and education (Shenila, 88). Malala Yousafzai, a well-known international activist who fought for girls' education rights, was shot. This is true even though they are physically far away from the Nigerian girls who were abducted by the militia. In light of the foregoing, this article seeks to determine how the problem of girls' education is increasingly acting as an uniting worldwide force. Today, most populations are marked depending on their take regarding the issue of girl's education as either civilized, uncivilized, modern, backwards or on religious basis (Shenila, 88). However, there are existing social realities that are withdrawn from the public, using the population as a measuring tool.
Author's Central argument
The author emphasizes that the issue of girls' education becomes a global issue due the reason that common sense is never assumed to consistent or coherent (Shenila, 91). Thus, there is a need of integrating fragmentary of ideas to offer such issues a semblance of naturalness. The author mentions girls' education as one of the common senses of the society.
Article Analysis
Week's Central Issue
This stresses that girls' education is one of the most common cause of global advocacy today. It is not based on historical needs, concerns or alliances but is based on the fact that it is a societal commonsense issue, whose attention has been awarded by the global community. Today, girls' education issue is not only internationally felt but locally as well and communities have begun implementing empowering programs focused on the girl child's education.
This central issue is based on the gender and in particular, women during the 1980s when it was argues that they were strongly marginalized by regulatory policies, laws as well as by culture (Shenila, 93). It was an important concept of or project aimed at international development. In essence, it came about as a result of social and political processes that were shaped by Civil Rights Movements as well as Women's Rights Movements. This includes nationalistic and anticolonial struggles that were happening in the geopolitical contestations as well as the global south mainly during the Cold war (Shenila, 93).
It is imperative to note that in the United States, such issues were highlighted during the 1960s through the 1970s when sexual minorities, organized women groups as well as the African American Communities begun advocating for their rights and equality (Shenila, 98). During that period, women sought to address the problem of double burden that they carried particularly given that they were tasked with economic and social obligations. In this context, the issue of girls' education is a relevant study topic as one is able to measure the development taken by the global community in addressing gender related issues.
Relations to Malala Yousafzai's Works
Malala Yousafzai has been avid advocate for girls' education in the international platform. While fighting against discriminative cultures and values that oppressed girls in her native home, Yousafzai gained international attention after sustaining a bullet shot. The global community was able to enhance her educational advocacy and today, she is a relent figure in advocating for girls' education. Global communities have joined hands to promote and enhance girls' education through government initiatives.
Work Cited
Shenila K. Suturing together Girls and Education: An investigation into the social (re)production of girls’ education as a hegemonic ideology. Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education 1559-5692. Vol. 9, 2, 4. 2015. Pg.87-107. 2015. Print.
