Maxima Zuckerberg Case Study
Take a moment and think about what it would be like if your daughter, Maxima Zuckerberg, was born in a rural village of Uganda. As she grows up in a marginalized yet amiable environment, she will go through several different stages in her life, including puberty. During her adolescence, she will experience physical, social, emotional, intellectual development. One of the most significant changes would be her menarche, or first menstruation.
How would you feel if she couldn’t get equal education and if her dreams were thwarted simply due to the fact that she became a young woman? How would you feel if her classmates were pointing at your daughter, judging her for being on period? Finally, how would you feel if she had to share an open bathroom …show more content…
"We are sharing the toilets with the boys, and we fear when we go to the toilets [they] will be in there,” another girl in Uganda describes (Bax). According to her description of her school, there are only 4 toilets for more than 2,000 students. Even worse, the toilets do not have doors and flush. The sharing of bathroom due to the lack of sanitary facilities places the girls at a risk of being humiliated by her male classmates. “It was better for me to stay at home rather than go through that shame at school," one girl describes …show more content…
It is even more preposterous to have an inequality in education for this biological reason. Education for girls not only helps themselves and their families lift out of poverty, but also helps increase the country’s GDP. Educating the girls also reduces the likelihood of girls to be forced into sex, since education would delay her marriage and childbirth.
Currently, there are multiple organizations striving to resolve the issue. One of the organizations is 50 Cents. Period., an organization that focuses on the rights of women and girls in vulnerable communities. 50 Cents. Period. partners with another organization called Engeye to focus on a small village called Ddegeya of the Masaka district in Uganda. Both organizations cooperate in order to provide basic education about puberty and provide sanitary supplies for the girls. Engeye is currently located near Masaka, and offers opportunities for volunteers to help the girls in the school as
How would you feel if she couldn’t get equal education and if her dreams were thwarted simply due to the fact that she became a young woman? How would you feel if her classmates were pointing at your daughter, judging her for being on period? Finally, how would you feel if she had to share an open bathroom …show more content…
"We are sharing the toilets with the boys, and we fear when we go to the toilets [they] will be in there,” another girl in Uganda describes (Bax). According to her description of her school, there are only 4 toilets for more than 2,000 students. Even worse, the toilets do not have doors and flush. The sharing of bathroom due to the lack of sanitary facilities places the girls at a risk of being humiliated by her male classmates. “It was better for me to stay at home rather than go through that shame at school," one girl describes …show more content…
It is even more preposterous to have an inequality in education for this biological reason. Education for girls not only helps themselves and their families lift out of poverty, but also helps increase the country’s GDP. Educating the girls also reduces the likelihood of girls to be forced into sex, since education would delay her marriage and childbirth.
Currently, there are multiple organizations striving to resolve the issue. One of the organizations is 50 Cents. Period., an organization that focuses on the rights of women and girls in vulnerable communities. 50 Cents. Period. partners with another organization called Engeye to focus on a small village called Ddegeya of the Masaka district in Uganda. Both organizations cooperate in order to provide basic education about puberty and provide sanitary supplies for the girls. Engeye is currently located near Masaka, and offers opportunities for volunteers to help the girls in the school as