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Whitney Fletcher

Debra Jizi

UWRITE 1104

28 March 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Jeffery, Patricia. "Barriers to Higher Education." Compare: A Journal of Comparative and

International Education. N.p., 20 Sept. 2016. Web. 28 Mar. 2017.

This article although about young women who had the chance to go to college is about

the struggle it took for them to get there. In India access to education is very unevenly distributed

among class, religion and especially gender. Young women in Hindu groups have a very low

graduation rate. Throughout the article it explains the many hardships muslim and hindu women

face getting a better education solely based on their gender and religion. The purpose of this

article is to try to inform more people on the lack of education women of Hindu and muslim are

receiving.

While reading this article it broke my heart to know that women in 2017 are still

struggling to get an education past high school and many never even get the chance to graduate.

Although here in america many do not get to go to college because of the high cost, the rate is

even higher in India. Do to the limited resources the funds are usually directed towards sons.

Higher education is almost out of reach for the poor because the institutions are not government

funded. English-Medium education, which generally reflects as a higher economic position later

in life is beyond out of reach for the underprivileged. This article was written after interviewing

14 hindu and muslim women who are not attending public, government funded universities.

These college are known for being for the lower class and not getting as good of an education.
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This article is so relevant to my topic because although education all over the world is not where

it should be, it is especially hard for young women in muslim or hindu countries such as India,

and even more difficult for those women who are in poverty.

I feel this is a very credible source because it has multiple citations throughout the article

because the information came from multiple other sources. This article was written by two

individuals looking into the education in urban Bangalore for young women. They also

interviewed multiple women and included direct quotes about the things they have endured

throughout their lives trying to better themselves and get an education.

Velkoff, Victoria A. "Update Women in Education." Change 9.11 (1977): 9. Women's Education

in India. Oct. 1998. Web. Apr. 5.

This article goes into detail explaining the negative effects of not only women being

uneducated but also how it can effect their families. The amount of women who are illiterate in

India also takes a toll on the country's economic development. When a women has a lack of

education there are so many other factors in life that it affects, people do not realize how

important education really is. Although india is working to improve the quality of their education

the womens percentage is still much lower than the mens percentage. There is also a huge gap

of literacy between the rural areas and the urban areas. Out of the 24 states in India 6 of them

have a percentage of only 25 with women who have been properly educated. The purpose of this

article was to bring light to the fact in 2017 women are still getting an unfair hand in education

just because they are women.

It is appalling to see that after all the strides that have been taken to make men and

women equal in every way that one of the most important things for a person to thrive is still so

hard for a woman to accomplish. This article proves just how serious the matter of the lack of
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education women are getting is. This is happening all over the world but India has one of the

lowest female literacy rates in Asia. This article basically proves the whole point of my

argument. Women are still being treated unfairly, especially the women in poverty. Many studies

have shown that when women are uneducated they lack many skills such as anatomy within the

household, nutritional values, and they also show high levels of fertility and mortality.

I believe this source is extremely credible because it was written by a woman named

Victoria Velkoff who works for the U.S. census bureau. She is the chief of The American

Community Survey Office. I searched her name and found multiple articles and research she has

done. This article is also from the census government website. There are multiple census

statistics throughout the article.

"The Status of Womens Education in India." Safecity. Safecity.in, 14 July 2016. Web. 09 Apr. 2017.

In India 21.9% of the population is below the poverty line and girls in rural areas receive an

average of less than four years of education. Poverty is one of the main reasons that young women

never get the chance to complete their education. Although it is a huge factor it is not the only reason

women are denied the proper education they deserve. There is also the problem of the distance of

the schools from the villages, lack of female teachers, the absence of support from their families,

and not to mention the huge gender bias. It is a common belief among many households that girls

should stop schooling after they hit puberty. India has one of the highest percentages of child brides

and many believe that educating women is a waste of time and money. Like in many countries they

find women only valuable for children and housework.

Women are still being treated unfairly all over the world but it is a huge problem in India.

Throughout this article is talks about the many the many hardships young girls and women face

when trying to get an education. It is basically a norm for them to not finish school. This article is very

relevant to my topic because it give multiple statistics about how many women never get the chance

to finish their education. It also shows how unimportant it is to the people in India that their women
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have a proper education. They believe women are just for housework and stereotypical womanly

duties. In the article it is said that on average out of 100 girls sometimes maybe 1 or 2 of them will

make it to the 12th grade. If that doesnt tell you young women in India need some serious help then

I dont know what will.

I know this is a credible source because not only does it have many statistics throughout the

article but the stats line up with multiple other articles. I also searched the publisher and website and

found that Safecity is a very popular gender equality organization that works and does research in

many parts of the world. None of the content throughout the article is opinion based it is all straight

facts and percentages about the lack of education for young women in poverty in India.

Baruvuri, Sowmya. "Women's Education In India: How Serious Are We Really?" Women's Web: For

Women Who Do. N.p., 13 Oct. 2015. Web. 09 Apr. 2017.

In this article like the previous ones it begins with how in India education is not seen as a

necessity for young women. Unlike here in a America and most other countries where some form of

schooling typical begins around the age of 3 or 4. When families are in poverty the son is always

given the preference. The daughters are expected to stay home with their families and do chores

such as cook, clean, and sometimes even forced to get a job at a young age. When the girls are

lucky enough to get to start school once the funds become too much for the families they pull the

daughters out. The dropout rate for young girls is at 63.5% in India which is one of the highest in the

world. It is a well known fact in India that families are willing to spend more money are their

daughters wedding than they will on her getting a higher education. The purpose of this article is to

show how simple of a fix this really could be if people would actually take the time to help and stop

treating the women of India as lesser human beings.

Unlike the other articles this one gave a list of things the government and people in India

would really benefit from following. They need to stop treating women as objects, and thinking that

they are only for the use of cooking and cleaning. Although women are not completely treated

equally as men in the United States, they are allowed to have careers of their own and pursue their

dreams which is rarely possible in India. This article gives many suggestion towards my inquiry topic
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of How can we better womens education in India? It also gives a lot of background information on

the dropout rates and the reason that many families do not ever send their daughters to school. It is

a sad cycle of Mothers being illiterate and continuing to stay in poverty, then having daughters and

still not being able to send them to school. The cycle will never stop until more people realize how

bad it is a start to help. Nothing can be done until enough people will put the time and effort into

helping these young girls continue their education and stop blaming it on money because you should

not have it should not be a privilege to be educated it should be a right to be girls and boys.

The womens web team is a group of women who write and blog about the issues in India

and for the people who do not have a voice. They have over 1,500 writers and bloggers and have

had over 9 million readers since 2010. Sowmya Baruvuri, the author of this article was once a

software engineer but now dedicates her time to writing for the womensweb which is a media

tech company that allows women to share their stories and is a leading resource for women in

India.

"The Contemporary Women's Movement and Women's Education in India." E-Journals A-Z - J.

Murrey Atkins Library - UNC Charlotte. Springer, 1998. Web. 09 Apr. 2017.

This source goes over the contemporary womens movement and womens education in

India. It connects the contemporary womens movement and womens education and how both

are important in India. This movement had a great effect on womens education because society

reacted in many different ways. It helped change the school curriculum and how knowledge in

women was valued. The movement helped women become more empowered in India too. The

end of the article explains the challenges faced from the movement and its help towards the

education of women.

This article will provide details to some things that have already been done to better

womens education in India. The source provides evidence as to what could happen if more is

done to better education in India, and how to prevent any trouble or hardship. It also goes over
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how women benefitted from a change and how it empowered them. This source is credible to my

inquiry topic because these are some of the steps taken to better the education in India.

This source is credible because it was written for the World Conference on Women in

Beijing, China. The author, Ila Patel, used sources from the government of India, its education

system, and international womens organizations. This article was written for the journal of the

International Review of Education. The International Review of Education is published by

Springer and is the longest running journal for the different theories and practices of education

from around the world.