Raise Your Hand

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU BELIEVE EVERY GIRL HAS THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION

Globally, one in three girls around the world is denied an education by the realities of poverty, discrimination and violence. Every day, young girls are taken out of school, forced into marriage and subjected to violence.

We need your support to ensure millions more girls get the education, skills and support they need to move themselves from poverty to opportunity.

International Day of the Girl Child 

October 11th 2012
Raise Your Hand today to help break down the barriers to girls’ education. 

Raise your Hand at:

· Children with a disability are less likely than their peers without a disability to start school.[i] 

· Children with a disability who do go to school have much lower rates of staying and succeeding in school.[ii] 

· 1/3 of the world’s 72 million children not in school have a disability.[iii] 

· Children with an intellectual or sensory disability are the least likely group to attend school.[iv] 

· Disability has a stronger impact on school attendance than gender.[v]

· People with a disability who do not attend school as a child are more likely to live in poverty as an adult.[vi]

· Children with a disability who do attend school are more likely to be educated in targeted specialised settings which may reinforce their marginalisation.[vii] 

Children with disabilities are less likely than their peers to start school and have lower rates of staying and being promoted in school[viii]



Sources: Plan; CBM 

References:
[i] World Report on Disability (2011), p. 225. 
[ii] World Report on Disability (2011, p. 225. 
[iii] J. Balescut and K. Eklindh, “Historical perspective on education for persons with disabilities” (2006), quoted in the UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007. Quoted in UNSG’s Report on CRC p. 9. 
[iv] WHO &World Bank. (2011). World Report on Disability, p. 207. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/index.html 
[v] Filmer, D. (2005). Disability. Poverty and Schooling in Developing Countries: Results from 11 Househole Surveys. World Bank Social Protection Paper No 0539. Retrieved from http://hpod.pmhclients.com/pdf/filmer-disability-poverty.pdf 
[vi] WHO &World Bank. (2011). World Report on Disability. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/index.html 
[vii]Stubbs,S. (2008). Inclusive Education Where There Are Few Resources. Retrieved from http://www.eenet.org.uk/resources/docs/IE%20few%20resources%202008.pdf 
[viii] . Conclusion & Recommendation World Report on Disability, p. 225.