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Purpose of Blog:
This blog will be documenting my research concerning female literacy and related health improvements. My original project was to collect information and statistics from various sources and databases and create a cumulative source documenting the positive effect of female literacy on women and children’s health in developing African countries.
Some quick facts:
Female literacy has been shown to have a positive effect on health because “educated women are more likely to be employed and to earn more than less-educated women” (Daniell & Mortensen , 2007, p. 278), “an extra year of girls’ education can reduce infant mortality by 5-10 percent” and “educated mothers are about 50 percent more likely to immunize their children than uneducated mothers are” (Herz & Sperling, , 2004, p. 4).
References:
Daniell, B., & Mortensen, P. (2007). Women and literacy. New York: Taylor & Francis Group.
Herz, B., & Sperling G. (2004). What works in girls’ education? New York: Council on Foreign Relations Inc.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The Girl Effect
Just found this fabulous site with a video that really nails it on the head-- girls are amazing! Check out the "Girl Effect" here.
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