JOUR 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pull Quote
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Ugandan empowerment program helps girls learn their rights, decreases. Key aspects of the story: education situation in women in uganda. Cognitive: providing information on the program itself and the. In 2009, an estimated 68 percent of students left without finishing, according to one 2012 unesco report (doesn"t specify dropout rates for girls vs boys) In some cases, according to a 2014 unicef report, girls suffer sexual assault at the hands of teachers. Early marriage for girls and a lack of sanitary pads, which would allow them to attend school while menstruating, are also noted as reasons for dropping out. Emotional: you feel sympathy for the women who can"t go to school and happiness for the women who benefit positively from the program and feel empowered. When they talk about how expensive it is for the families even though for us it might not be a lot of money.
