Driving Question:
Is it possible for us to raise awareness about girls’ education throughout Brookwood and our partner schools using the Girl Rising organization?
Mission Statement:
The problem our group is hoping to focus on is girls’ education around the world. Girls have less access to education than boys, and are not having as many equal opportunities. Our goals are to make more students at Brookwood, both girls and boys, aware of the challenges and difficulties faced by girls in developing countries trying to get education. We would like to collaborate with schools around the world to help the Girl Rising movement gain attention and, hopefully, get more girls to school. What we want most out of the group is to make a difference and to raise awareness of girls’ education.
Local Project:
In order to raise awareness of girls’ education and inform conversation with global partner schools such as the FAWE school in Rwanda, the Girl Rising GAP group is planning a local showing of the Girl Rising movie to the current 6th grade at Brookwood School. This movie was shown to the whole upper school last year and it really magnified the importance of this issue for us. Since the current 6th grade hasn’t seen this movie, we believe that it would be a good idea to inform them of how important it is for girls to get education and how many girls aren’t getting the education they need.
Showing "Girl Rising"
We showed the movie to the 6th graders on April 15, 2015. When we introduced ourselves as the girls' rising gap group, a 6th grade boy said to Jake, "but you're a boy". He didn't seem to understand that it was not just a problem for girls, but it also effected boys, and everyone across the globe. Jake, as the only boy in the group, responded with yes, that he was a boy but this was still his issue. Before we showed the movie, the Girl Rising GAP group led the 6th grade in a discussion about where a lack of girls' education is more prominent, and the 6th graders talked about reasons why they thought girls would be kept out of school, and what they would be doing while they weren't in school. We talked with them about our conversation with Shabana and how these stories were not all that was happening in the countries shown, that people were fighting for their daughters' education.
We were only able to show them the stories of Sokha from Cambodia, Suma from Nepal, Asmera from Ethiopia, and Amina in Afghanistan. Our time was limited, and we wanted to have time for them to talk about what they had seen. After watching the movie, the sixth graders talked about things that surprised them from the movie, or any thoughts that stuck with them. Jake specifically asked the boys in the room if they would stand up for their sisters and make sure that they fought for girls' education even though they were boys. All of the kids seemed to be interested in by the movie, and left with a much better understanding of their privilege and that not everyone shares that.
Is it possible for us to raise awareness about girls’ education throughout Brookwood and our partner schools using the Girl Rising organization?
Mission Statement:
The problem our group is hoping to focus on is girls’ education around the world. Girls have less access to education than boys, and are not having as many equal opportunities. Our goals are to make more students at Brookwood, both girls and boys, aware of the challenges and difficulties faced by girls in developing countries trying to get education. We would like to collaborate with schools around the world to help the Girl Rising movement gain attention and, hopefully, get more girls to school. What we want most out of the group is to make a difference and to raise awareness of girls’ education.
Local Project:
In order to raise awareness of girls’ education and inform conversation with global partner schools such as the FAWE school in Rwanda, the Girl Rising GAP group is planning a local showing of the Girl Rising movie to the current 6th grade at Brookwood School. This movie was shown to the whole upper school last year and it really magnified the importance of this issue for us. Since the current 6th grade hasn’t seen this movie, we believe that it would be a good idea to inform them of how important it is for girls to get education and how many girls aren’t getting the education they need.
Showing "Girl Rising"
We showed the movie to the 6th graders on April 15, 2015. When we introduced ourselves as the girls' rising gap group, a 6th grade boy said to Jake, "but you're a boy". He didn't seem to understand that it was not just a problem for girls, but it also effected boys, and everyone across the globe. Jake, as the only boy in the group, responded with yes, that he was a boy but this was still his issue. Before we showed the movie, the Girl Rising GAP group led the 6th grade in a discussion about where a lack of girls' education is more prominent, and the 6th graders talked about reasons why they thought girls would be kept out of school, and what they would be doing while they weren't in school. We talked with them about our conversation with Shabana and how these stories were not all that was happening in the countries shown, that people were fighting for their daughters' education.
We were only able to show them the stories of Sokha from Cambodia, Suma from Nepal, Asmera from Ethiopia, and Amina in Afghanistan. Our time was limited, and we wanted to have time for them to talk about what they had seen. After watching the movie, the sixth graders talked about things that surprised them from the movie, or any thoughts that stuck with them. Jake specifically asked the boys in the room if they would stand up for their sisters and make sure that they fought for girls' education even though they were boys. All of the kids seemed to be interested in by the movie, and left with a much better understanding of their privilege and that not everyone shares that.
Global Project:
Our group will be communicating and working with FAWE and the Kasiisi project. A group of students at Kasiisi watched the Girl Rising movie last year and we are hoping to have it shown to more of them again this year. Some of the girls at FAWE saw it last year, again we are hoping to have all of them see it this year. Having a conversation with people our age around the world about the issue of girl's education would give all of us a better perspective and deeper understanding of this issue on a worldwide scale. It will also give us insight about better ways to solve this world problem.
Our group will be communicating and working with FAWE and the Kasiisi project. A group of students at Kasiisi watched the Girl Rising movie last year and we are hoping to have it shown to more of them again this year. Some of the girls at FAWE saw it last year, again we are hoping to have all of them see it this year. Having a conversation with people our age around the world about the issue of girl's education would give all of us a better perspective and deeper understanding of this issue on a worldwide scale. It will also give us insight about better ways to solve this world problem.
Skype With Kasiisi
In April, all of Brookwood's girls GAP groups had a Skype conversation with girls group from Kiko school, which is part of the Kasiisi project. We asked them many questions about their home lives and what life was like in Uganda. It was interesting to learn about their lives and daily routines. We talked about the opportunities girls in Uganda have compared with the opportunities girls in the United States have. They also asked us questions, and some of these questions were about the movie Frozen. It was a lot of fun to talk to them and learn about their lives.
10 Facts About Girls' Education Around The World:
• 4 million fewer boys than girls out of school
• 31 million girls that should be in primary school are out of school, 17 million of those will probably never enter school.
• 62 million girls around the world are not in schools.
• 2/3 of all illiterate people are girls
• If all girls had a secondary education, child death rates would be cut in half
• 100 million girls are projected to be child bride over the next ten years.
• About 60% fewer girls under 17 wouldn’t get pregnant if they had a secondary education
• 42% of girls are not enrolled in school.
• If all girls had primary education, maternal deaths would be reduced by two thirds, saving 98,000 lives.
• 70% of the world’s poorest people are females.
Sources:
UNESCO - http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ED/GMR/images/2011/girls-factsheet-en.pdf
Room to Read - http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=284
Save the Children - http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6196511/k.846C/Girls_Education.htm
In April, all of Brookwood's girls GAP groups had a Skype conversation with girls group from Kiko school, which is part of the Kasiisi project. We asked them many questions about their home lives and what life was like in Uganda. It was interesting to learn about their lives and daily routines. We talked about the opportunities girls in Uganda have compared with the opportunities girls in the United States have. They also asked us questions, and some of these questions were about the movie Frozen. It was a lot of fun to talk to them and learn about their lives.
10 Facts About Girls' Education Around The World:
• 4 million fewer boys than girls out of school
• 31 million girls that should be in primary school are out of school, 17 million of those will probably never enter school.
• 62 million girls around the world are not in schools.
• 2/3 of all illiterate people are girls
• If all girls had a secondary education, child death rates would be cut in half
• 100 million girls are projected to be child bride over the next ten years.
• About 60% fewer girls under 17 wouldn’t get pregnant if they had a secondary education
• 42% of girls are not enrolled in school.
• If all girls had primary education, maternal deaths would be reduced by two thirds, saving 98,000 lives.
• 70% of the world’s poorest people are females.
Sources:
UNESCO - http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ED/GMR/images/2011/girls-factsheet-en.pdf
Room to Read - http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=284
Save the Children - http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6196511/k.846C/Girls_Education.htm
The Girl Rising GAP group and some members of the Girls' Rights group skype with Kasissi.