Female education is a catch-all term for a complex set of issues and debates surrounding education primary education , secondary education , tertiary education , and health education in particular for girls and women. It includes areas of gender equality and access to education. The education of women and girls is important for the alleviation of poverty. Inequalities in education for girls and women are complex: [ 4 ] women and girls face explicit barriers to entry to school, for example, violence against women or prohibitions of girls from going to school, while other problems are more systematic and less explicit, for example, science, technology, engineering and mathematics STEM education disparities are deep rooted, even in Europe and North America.
Improving girls' educational levels has been demonstrated to have clear impacts on the health and economic future of young women, which in turn improves the prospects of their entire community. Improving female education, and thus the earning potential of women, improves the standard of living for their own children, as women invest more of their income in their families than men do.
In some African countries, such as Burkina Faso, girls are unlikely to attend school for such basic reasons as a lack of private latrine facilities for girls.
Education increases a woman's and her partner's and the family's level of health and health awareness. Because of the wide-reaching effects of female education on society, alleviating inequalities in education for women is highlighted in Sustainable Development Goal 4 "Quality Education for All", and deeply connected to Sustainable Development Goal 5 "Gender Equality ".
Education of girls and empowerment of women in general in developing countries leads to faster development and a faster decrease of population growth , thus playing a significant role in addressing environmental issues such as climate change mitigation. Violence against women students became a political issue in Sweden during the period from to Politicians, teachers, and female authors debated a number of solutions to reduce these threats, such as providing the teachers with guard dogs, weapons, and telephones.
